Mirror neurons in humans: Consisting or confounding evidence?  

Oleh:

Turella, Luca ; Pierno, Andrea C. ; Tubaldi, Federico ; Castiello, Umberto

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 108 no. 1 (2009), page 10-21.
Topik: Mirror neurons; Imitation; Action observation; fMRI; PET; Humans; Macaque monkey; Inferior frontal cortex; Parietal cortex; Premotor cortex
Fulltext: 108_01_Turella.pdf (183.43KB)

Isi artikel

The widely known discovery of mirror neurons in macaques shows that premotor and parietal cortical areas are not only involved in executing one’s own movement, but are also active when observing the action of others. The goal of this essay is to critically evaluate the substance of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) studies whose aim has been to reveal the presence of a parallel system in humans. An inspection of this literature suggests that there is relatively weak evidence for the existence of a circuit with ‘mirror’ properties in humans, such as that described in monkeys.

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