Automatic imitation of human and computer-generated vocal stimuli.

ABSTRACT: Observing someone perform an action automatically activates neural substrates associated with executing that action. This covert response, or automatic imitation, is measured behaviourally using the stimulus-response compatibility (SRC) task. In an SRC task, participants are presented with compatible and incompatible response-distractor pairings (e.g., an instruction to say "ba" paired with an audio recording of "da" as an example of an incompatible trial). Automatic imitation is measured as the difference in response times (RT) or accuracy between incompatible and compatible trials. Larger automatic imitation effects have been interpreted as a larger covert imitation response. Past results suggest that an action's biological status affects automatic imitation: Human-produced manual action

SUBMITTER: Wilt H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10264473 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature