▪ Abstract A category of stimuli of great importance for primates, humans in particular, is that
formed by actions done by other individuals. If we want to survive, we must understand the …

Functional brain imaging in humans has revealed task-specific increases in brain activity
that are associated with various mental activities. In the same studies, mysterious, task …

We have suggested that the mirror-neuron system might be usefully understood as
implementing Bayes-optimal perception of actions emitted by oneself or others. To …

The mentalizing (theory of mind) system of the brain is probably in operation from ca. 18
months of age, allowing implicit attribution of intentions and other mental states. Between the …

We are an intensely social species—it has been argued that our social nature defines what
makes us human, what makes us conscious or what gave us our large brains. As a new …

People commonly anthropomorphize nonhuman agents, imbuing everything from computers
to pets to gods with humanlike capacities and mental experiences. Although widely …

Recent empirical studies have implicated the use of the motor system during action
observation, imitation and social interaction. In this paper, we explore the computational …

Our ability to acknowledge and recognise our own identity-our'self'-is a characteristic
doubtless unique to humans. Where does this feeling come from? How does the …

Normative–IQ individuals with autism are capable of solving explicit social cognitive
problems at a level that is not matched by their ability to meet the demands of everyday …

Humans have an inherent tendency to infer other people's intentions from their actions. Here
we review psychophysical and functional neuroimaging evidence that biological motion is …