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ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain

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Caspers, Svenja, Zilles, Karl, Laird, Angela R., Eickhoff, Simon B.·2010·NeuroImage

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Over the last decade, many neuroimaging studies have assessed the human brain networks underlying action observation and imitation using a variety of tasks and paradigms. Nevertheless, questions concerning which areas consistently contribute to these networks irrespective of the particular experimental design and how such processing may be lateralized remain unresolved. The current study aimed at identifying cortical areas consistently involved in action observation and imitation by combining activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis with probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps. Meta-analysis of 139 functional magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography experiments revealed a bilateral network for both action observation and imitation. Additional subanalyses for different effectors within each network revealed highly comparable activation patterns to the overall analyses on observation and imitation, respectively, indicating an independence of these findings from potential confounds. Conjunction analysis of action observation and imitation meta-analyses revealed a bilateral network within frontal premotor, parietal, and temporo-occipital cortex. The most consistently rostral inferior parietal area was PFt, providing evidence for a possible homology of this region to macaque area PF. The observation and imitation networks differed particularly with respect to the involvement of Broca's area: whereas both networks involved a caudo-dorsal part of BA 44, activation during observation was most consistent in a more rostro-dorsal location, i.e., dorsal BA 45, while activation during imitation was most consistent in a more ventro-caudal aspect, i.e., caudal BA 44. The present meta-analysis thus summarizes and amends previous descriptions of the human brain networks related to action observation and imitation.

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Authors: Caspers, S., Zilles, K., Laird, A. R., & Eickhoff, S. B.
Affiliations: Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE)
The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
Corresponding author: Caspers, Svenja
ORCID: Caspers, Svenja
Zilles, Karl
Laird, Angela R.
Eickhoff, Simon B.
Venue: NeuroImage
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2010-04
Volume: 50
Issue: 3
Pages: 1148-1167
ISSN: 1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.112
PMC: PMC4981639
OpenAlex: W2084475173
Cited by: 1,386
References: 206
Citations by year: 2026: 58 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 89 · 2023: 94 · 2022: 108 · 2021: 88 · 2020: 125 · 2019: 97 · 2018: 115 · 2017: 92 · 2016: 78 · 2015: 89 · 2014: 83 · 2013: 93 · 2012: 52
FWCI: 8.32
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich) (submittedVersion)
RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Human Brain Project (R01-MH074457-01A1)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords: action observation, action imitation, mirror neuron system, brain networks, Broca's area, inferior parietal cortex, temporo-occipital cortex, hemispheric lateralization, activation likelihood estimation
MeSH terms: Algorithms, Brain, Brain Mapping, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Motion Perception, Motor Activity, Neural Pathways, Probability, Likelihood Functions, Positron-Emission Tomography

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