Brain areas selective for both observed and executed movements

@article{citeulike:1610952, abstract = {When observing a particular movement a subset of movement-selective visual and visuomotor neurons are active in the brain of the observer forming a representation of the observed movement. Similarly, when executing a movement a subset of movement-selective motor and visuomotor neurons are active forming a representation of the executed movement. In this study we used an fMRI-adaptation protocol to assess cortical response selectivity to observed and executed movements simultaneously. Subjects freely played the rock-paper-scissors game against a videotaped opponent, sometimes repeatedly observing or executing the same movement on subsequent trials. Numerous brain areas exhibited adaptation (repetition suppression) during either repeated observations or repeated executions of the same movement. A subset of areas exhibited an overlap of both effects, containing neurons with selective responses for both executed and observed movements. We describe the function of these unique movement representation areas in the context of the human mirror system, which is expected to respond selectively to both observed and executed movements. 10.1152/jn.00238.2007}, author = {Dinstein, Ilan and Hasson, Uri and Rubin, Nava and Heeger, David J. }, citeulike-article-id = {1610952}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00238.2007}, journal = {J Neurophysiol}, keywords = {action, arm-movements, hand, mirror-neuron, motion, motor, movement, sensory-motor}, month = {June}, pages = {00238.2007+}, posted-at = {2008-03-07 05:21:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Brain areas selective for both observed and executed movements}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00238.2007}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1610952 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1610952 N2 - When observing a particular movement a subset of movement-selective visual and visuomotor neurons are active in the brain of the observer forming a representation of the observed movement. Similarly, when executing a movement a subset of movement-selective motor and visuomotor neurons are active forming a representation of the executed movement. In this study we used an fMRI-adaptation protocol to assess cortical response selectivity to observed and executed movements simultaneously. Subjects freely played the rock-paper-scissors game against a videotaped opponent, sometimes repeatedly observing or executing the same movement on subsequent trials. Numerous brain areas exhibited adaptation (repetition suppression) during either repeated observations or repeated executions of the same movement. A subset of areas exhibited an overlap of both effects, containing neurons with selective responses for both executed and observed movements. We describe the function of these unique movement representation areas in the context of the human mirror system, which is expected to respond selectively to both observed and executed movements. 10.1152/jn.00238.2007 JF - J Neurophysiol TI - Brain areas selective for both observed and executed movements SP - 00238.2007 KW - action KW - arm-movements KW - hand KW - mirror-neuron KW - motion KW - motor KW - movement KW - sensory-motor AU - Dinstein, Ilan AU - Hasson, Uri AU - Rubin, Nava AU - Heeger, David PY - 2007/06/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00238.2007 ER -