Using movies and narratives as naturalistic stimuli in human neuroimaging studies has
yielded significant advances in understanding of cognitive and emotional functions. The …

Measuring motor skill proficiency is critical for the certification of highly skilled individuals in
numerous fields. However, conventional measures use subjective metrics that often cannot …

Neuropathic pain (NP) is a chronic, debilitating, and resistant form of pain. The onset rate of
NP following spinal cord injuries (SCI) is high and may reduce the quality of life more than …

Recent studies have shown that the systematic and repetitive observation of actions
belonging to the experiential human motor repertoire without verbal facilitation enhances the …

While the existence of a mirror neuron system (MNS) representing and mirroring simple
purposeful actions (such as reaching) is known, neural mechanisms underlying the …

Introduction Humans are more familiar with index–thumb than with any other finger to thumb
grasping. The effect of familiarity has been previously tested with complex, specialized …

Motor representations live a kind of double life. Although paradigmatically involved in
performing actions, they also occur when merely observing others act and sometimes …

The mirror neuron system (MNS) is activated when observing the actions of others.
However, it remains unclear whether the MNS responds more strongly to natural bodily …

Using continuous wave near-infrared spectroscopy, we measured time-resolved
concentration changes of oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin from the primary motor …

Durante la evolución del cerebro humano se han desarrollado dos sistemas neuronales
especializados en la comprensión de los otros y de las interacciones personales. El primero …