Action Observation Areas Represent Intentions From Subtle Kinematic Features.

ABSTRACT: Mirror neurons have been proposed to underlie humans' ability to understand others' actions and intentions. Despite 2 decades of research, however, the exact computational and neuronal mechanisms implied in this ability remain unclear. In the current study, we investigated whether, in the absence of contextual cues, regions considered to be part of the human mirror neuron system represent intention from movement kinematics. A total of 21 participants observed reach-to-grasp movements, performed with either the intention to drink or to pour while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging. Multivoxel pattern analysis revealed successful decoding of intentions from distributed patterns of activity in a network of structures comprising the inferior parietal lobule, the superior parietal

SUBMITTER: Koul A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5998953 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature