The mirror neuron system is more active during complementary compared with imitative action.

@article{citeulike:1362822, abstract = {We assessed the role of the human mirror neuron system (MNS) in complementary actions using functional magnetic resonance imaging while participants prepared to execute imitative or complementary actions. The BOLD signal in the right inferior frontal gyrus and bilateral inferior parietal lobes was greater during preparation of complementary than during imitative actions, suggesting that the MNS may be essential in dynamically coupling action observation to action execution.}, address = {[1] Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [2] FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.}, author = {Newman-Norlund, Roger D D. and van Schie, Hein T T. and van Zuijlen, Alexander M J M. and Bekkering, Harold }, citeulike-article-id = {1362822}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1911}, issn = {1097-6256}, journal = {Nat Neurosci}, keywords = {brian, grasping, imitation, mirror\_neurons, nichola, yigal}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2007-06-04 14:51:31}, priority = {2}, title = {The mirror neuron system is more active during complementary compared with imitative action.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1911}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1362822 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1362822 N2 - We assessed the role of the human mirror neuron system (MNS) in complementary actions using functional magnetic resonance imaging while participants prepared to execute imitative or complementary actions. The BOLD signal in the right inferior frontal gyrus and bilateral inferior parietal lobes was greater during preparation of complementary than during imitative actions, suggesting that the MNS may be essential in dynamically coupling action observation to action execution. JF - Nat Neurosci SN - 1097-6256 AD - [1] Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [2] FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. TI - The mirror neuron system is more active during complementary compared with imitative action. KW - brian KW - grasping KW - imitation KW - mirror_neurons KW - nichola KW - yigal AU - Newman-Norlund, Roger D AU - van Schie, Hein T AU - van Zuijlen, Alexander M J AU - Bekkering, Harold PY - 2007/05/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1911 ER -