From affordances to abstract words: The flexibility of sensorimotor grounding

C Mazzuca, C Fini, AH Michalland, I Falcinelli… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The sensorimotor system plays a critical role in several cognitive processes. Here, we
review recent studies documenting this interplay at different levels. First, we concentrate on …

Midfrontal theta transcranial alternating current stimulation facilitates motor coordination in dyadic human–avatar interactions

S Boukarras, DG Özkan, V Era, Q Moreau… - Journal of cognitive …, 2022 - direct.mit.edu
Synchronous interpersonal motor interactions require moment-to-moment prediction and
proactive monitoring of the partner's actions. Neurophysiologically, this is highlighted by an …

Interpersonal motor interactions shape multisensory representations of the peripersonal space

M Fanghella, V Era, M Candidi - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This perspective review focuses on the proposal that predictive multisensory integration
occurring in one's peripersonal space (PPS) supports individuals' ability to efficiently interact …

Abstract concepts in interaction: The need of others when guessing abstract concepts smooths dyadic motor interactions

C Fini, V Era, F Da Rold… - Royal Society Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Abstract concepts (ACs, eg 'justice') are more complex compared with concrete concepts
(CCs)(eg 'table'). Indeed, they do not possess a single object as a referent, they assemble …

The performance monitoring system is attuned to others' actions during dyadic motor interactions

Q Moreau, G Tieri, V Era, SM Aglioti… - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Interpersonal motor interactions require the simultaneous monitoring of one's own and one's
partner's actions. To characterize how the action monitoring system tracks self and other …

Midline frontal and occipito-temporal activity during error monitoring in dyadic motor interactions

Q Moreau, M Candidi, V Era, G Tieri, SM Aglioti - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Discrepancies between sensory predictions and action outcome are at the base of error
coding. However, these phenomena have mainly been studied focussing on individual …

[HTML][HTML] Digital joint action: Avatar-mediated social interaction in digital spaces

M Pugliese, C Vesper - Acta Psychologica, 2022 - Elsevier
This article proposes a framework to characterize joint action in digital spaces.“Digital joint
action” maintains many known elements from physical, real-world joint action including …

Competence-based social status and implicit preference modulate the ability to coordinate during a joint grasping task

S Boukarras, V Era, SM Aglioti, M Candidi - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Studies indicate that social status influences people's social perceptions. Less information is
available about whether induced social status influences dyadic coordination during motor …

Inhibitory theta burst stimulation highlights the role of left aIPS and right TPJ during complementary and imitative human–avatar interactions in cooperative and …

V Era, SM Aglioti, M Candidi - Cerebral Cortex, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Competitive and cooperative interactions are based on anticipation or synchronization with
the partner's actions. Both forms of interaction may either require performing imitative or …

Role of the occipito-temporal Theta rhythm in hand visual identification

Q Moreau, E Parrotta, V Era… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Neuroimaging and EEG studies have shown that passive observation of the full body and of
specific body parts is associated with 1) activity of an occipito-temporal region named the …