Dissociating goal from outcome during action observation.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the goal of an observed action requires computing representations that are invariant to specific instantiations of the action. For example, we can accurately infer the goal of an action even when the agent's desired outcome is not achieved. Observing actions consistently recruits a set of frontoparietal and posterior temporal regions, often labeled the "action observation network." While progress has been made in charting which regions of the action observation network are involved in understanding goals of observed actions, it is not clear where goals are represented independently of outcomes. We used functional magnetic resonance-based multivariate pattern analysis to identify such regions. Human participants (20 females, 12 males) watched videos of successful and failed at

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666468 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature