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Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action
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“The main difference between this model and the single route model is the inclusion of a direct pathway between the observation of actions and a motor plan, as suggested by the neurophysiological evidence for a direct matching system (e.g., Rizzolatti & Craighero, 2004;Rizzolatti et al., 2001).”
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- Authors
- Rizzolatti, G., Fogassi, L., & Gallese, V.
- Affiliations
- University of Parma (IT)
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Published
- 2001-09-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 661-670
- ISSN
- 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0048
- OpenAlex
- W1526915519
- Cited by
- 3,302
- References
- 101
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- FWCI
- 9.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- action understanding, action imitation, mirror system, mirror neurons, motor representations, primate neuroscience, human neuroscience
- MeSH terms
- Action Potentials, Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Cognition, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Movement, Nerve Net, Neurons, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Psychomotor Performance
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