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Inhibition of imitative behaviour and social cognition

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Brass, Marcel, Ruby, Perrine, Spengler, Stephanie·2009·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

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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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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
Published
2009-08-27
Volume
364
Issue
1528
Pages
2359-2367
ISSN
  • 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-2970
OpenAlex
W2155694177
Cited by
347
References
81
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16.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • 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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