Inhibition of imitative behaviour and social cognition
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There is converging evidence that the observation of an action activates a corresponding motor representation in the observer through a 'mirror-matching' mechanism. However, research on such 'shared representations' of perception and action has widely neglected the question of how we can distinguish our own motor intentions from externally triggered motor representations. By investigating the inhibition of imitative response tendencies, as an index for the control of shared representations, we can show that self-other distinction plays a fundamental role in the control of shared representations. Furthermore, we demonstrate that overlapping brain activations can be found in the anterior fronto-median cortex (aFMC) and the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) area for the control of shared representations and complex social-cognitive tasks, such as mental state attribution. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment, we functionally dissociate the roles of TPJ and aFMC during the control of shared representations. Finally, we propose a hypothesis stating that the control of shared representations might be the missing link between functions of the mirror system and mental state attribution.
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The mechanisms that inhibit imitation are considered at least partly separate from general inhibitory control.
“Imitation-inhibition and general inhibition processes are thus thought to be at least partially distinct.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]”
From Enhanced Automatic Action Imitation and Intact Imitation-Inhibition in Schizophrenia (2019) · cites this paper as [37]
The temporoparietal junction may play a crucial role in self-other distinction processes.
“It has been suggested that the TPJ may play a crucial role in SOD processes (Brass et al., 2005(Brass et al., , 2009)).”
From Interplay of self-other distinction and cognitive control mechanisms in a social automatic imitation task: An ERP study (2021) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2009
Repeated coupling between the sensory image of an action and the execution of the same may evoke a sense of motoric self-other overlap via strengthened shared motor representations.
“Repeated coupling between the sensory image of an action and the execution of the same, may evoke a sense of motoric self-other overlap between one's own movements and movement intentions and the other's movements, via strengthened shared motor representations (Brass et al., 2009;Prinz, 2005).”
From Interplay of self-other distinction and cognitive control mechanisms in a social automatic imitation task: An ERP study (2021) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2009
Brain imaging studies point to a role of the temporoparietal junction during interference control of overlapping action perception and execution, specifically the inhibition of imitation.
“This finding is corroborated by brain imaging studies, pointing to a role of the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) during interference control of overlapping action perception and execution, specifically the inhibition of imitation.”
From Interplay of self-other distinction and cognitive control mechanisms in a social automatic imitation task: An ERP study (2021) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2009
The absence of mPFC engagement for imitation control across studies is inconsistent with the hypothesis that a specific neural system related to social cognition is also engaged during the inhibition of automatic imitation.
“An absence of mPFC engagement for imitation control across studies is thus inconsistent with the hypothesis that a specific neural system related to social cognition is also engaged during the inhibition of automatic imitation (Brass et al., 2009).”
From The inhibition of automatic imitation: a meta-analysis and synthesis of fMRI studies (2018) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2009
A key neural circuit for social cognition also regulates imitative tendencies.
“These results led to theorizing that a key neural circuit for social cognition also regulates imitative tendencies (Brass et al., 2009).”
From Functional Specificity and Sex Differences in the Neural Circuits Supporting the Inhibition of Automatic Imitation (2018) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2009
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- Authors
- Brass, M., Ruby, P., & Spengler, S.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- Lyon 1 Université (FR)
- Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Brass, Marcel
- Venue
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2009-08-27
- Volume
- 364
- Issue
- 1528
- Pages
- 2359-2367
- ISSN
- 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2970
- PMC
- PMC2865080
- OpenAlex
- W2155694177
- Cited by
- 347
- References
- 81
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- FWCI
- 16.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Keywords
- mirror system, shared representations, imitation, self-other distinction, mental state attribution, social cognition, temporoparietal junction, motor representations, functional dissociation
- MeSH terms
- Cerebral Cortex, Cognition, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Motor Activity, Neural Inhibition, Parietal Lobe, Reaction Time, Social Behavior, Temporal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex
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