Interactions between visual and motor areas during the recognition of plausible actions as revealed by magnetoencephalography

• Published in: Human brain mapping Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 581 - 592
• Main Authors: Pavlidou, Anastasia, Schnitzler, Alfons, Lange, Joachim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2014; Wiley-Liss; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Mapping; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Magnetoencephalography; Male; Medical sciences; MEG; mirror neurons; Motor Cortex - physiology; Movement; Nervous system; oscillatory activity; Perception; Photic Stimulation; point-light displays; power correlations; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Recognition (Psychology) - physiology; Vision; Visual Cortex - physiology; Young Adult; Mirror neuron; Nervous system diseases; Radiodiagnosis; Magnetoencephalography; power correlations; Interaction; Light; point-light displays; mirror neurons; oscillatory activity; Recognition; MEG

Several studies have shown activation of the mirror neuron system (MNS), comprising the temporal, posterior parietal, and sensorimotor areas when observing plausible actions, but far less is known on how these cortical areas interact during the recognition of a plausible action. Here, we recorded ne...