Action Representation as the Bedrock of Social Cognition: A Developmental Neuroscience Perspective
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This chapter proposes that shared action representations provide the basic biological mechanism for social interaction. It argues that shared representations are the primary means by which we align ourselves with others, paving the road for a range of social and motor processes, including action understanding, imitation, and empathy. It also argues that the sense of agency—the awareness of oneself as an agent who is the initiator of actions, desire, thoughts, and feelings—plays an essential role in social interaction.
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The development rates of empathy and attachment are inconsistent in children and adolescents.
“The development rates of empathy and attachment are inconsistent in children and adolescents [40,41].”
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- Authors
- Decety, J., & Sommerville, J. A.
- Venue
- Oxford Handbook of Human Action
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York, NY
- Published
- 2008-10-16
- Pages
- 250-273
- OpenAlex
- W107600739
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.83
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- action representation, social cognition, social interaction, action understanding, imitation, empathy, sense of agency, developmental neuroscience, motor cognition
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