Decoding social intentions in human prehensile actions: Insights from a combined kinematics-fMRI study.

ABSTRACT: Consistent evidence suggests that the way we reach and grasp an object is modulated not only by object properties (e.g., size, shape, texture, fragility and weight), but also by the types of intention driving the action, among which the intention to interact with another agent (i.e., social intention). Action observation studies ascribe the neural substrate of this 'intentional' component to the putative mirror neuron (pMNS) and the mentalizing (MS) systems. How social intentions are translated into executed actions, however, has yet to be addressed. We conducted a kinematic and a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study considering a reach-to-grasp movement performed towards the same object positioned at the same location but with different intentions: passing it to another pers

SUBMITTER: Di Bono MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5573299 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature