Automatic imitation of intransitive actions
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Previous research has indicated a potential discontinuity between monkey and human ventral premotor-parietal mirror systems, namely that monkey mirror systems process only transitive (object-directed) actions, whereas human mirror systems may also process intransitive (non-object-directed) actions. The present study investigated this discontinuity by seeking evidence of automatic imitation of intransitive actions--hand opening and closing--in humans using a simple reaction time (RT), stimulus-response compatibility paradigm. Left-right and up-down spatial compatibility were controlled by ensuring that stimuli were presented and responses executed in orthogonal planes, and automatic imitation was isolated from simple and complex orthogonal spatial compatibility by varying the anatomical identity of the stimulus hand and response hemispace, respectively. In all conditions, action compatible responding was faster than action incompatible responding, and no effects of spatial compatibility were observed. This experiment therefore provides evidence of automatic imitation of intransitive actions, and support for the hypothesis that human and monkey mirror systems differ with respect to the processing of intransitive actions.
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The object-directedness difference probably does not affect the overall results, since the human MNS responds to transitive and intransitive actions and automatic imitation occurs for both.
“While it would be ideal for responses to be similar on this dimension, this seems less likely to effect the overall results, given that the human mirror neuron system responds to both transitive and intransitive actions (Rizzolatti and Craighero, 2004) and that automatic imitation has also been demonstrated for both transitive and intransitive actions (Press et al., 2008; Bertenthal et al. 2006).”
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- Authors
- Press, C., Bird, G., Walsh, E., & Heyes, C.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Press, Clare
- Venue
- Brain and Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-06
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 44-50
- ISSN
- 0278-2626 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2071210584
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 10.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- discovery.ucl.ac.uk
- Locations
- Brain and Cognition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council (RES-538-28-1001)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- automatic imitation, mirror system, transitive actions, stimulus-response compatibility, reaction time, human-monkey comparison
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Automatism, Electromyography, Female, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Functional Laterality, Male, Motor Neurons, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Spatial Behavior, Visual Fields
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