Changes in Frontoparietotemporal Connectivity following Do-As-I-Do Imitation Training in Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )

• Published in: Journal of cognitive neuroscience Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 421 - 431
• Main Authors: Pope, Sarah M., Taglialatela, Jared P., Skiba, Sara A., Hopkins, William D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.03.2018; MIT Press Journals, The
• Subjects: Animal husbandry; Animals; Anisotropy; Asymmetry; Brain; Cortex; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Female; Frontal Lobe - diagnostic imaging; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Hemispheric laterality; Imitative Behavior - physiology; Learning - physiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Monkeys & apes; Neural networks; Neural Pathways - diagnostic imaging; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neuronal Plasticity; Observational learning; Pan troglodytes; Parietal Lobe - diagnostic imaging; Parietal Lobe - physiology; Phylogeny; Primates; Random Allocation; Substantia alba; Temporal Lobe - diagnostic imaging; Temporal Lobe - physiology; Training

Human imitation is supported by an underlying “mirror system” principally composed of inferior frontal, inferior parietal, and superior temporal cortical regions. Across primate species, differences in frontoparietotemporal connectivity have been hypothesized to explain phylogenetic variation in imi...