Hand action preparation influences the responses to hand pictures

Craighero, Laila; Bello, Arianna; Fadiga, Luciano; Rizzolatti, Giacomo

doi:10.1016/s0028-3932(01)00134-8

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“…A wealth of research on imitation has provided evidence that this neural sensitivity to movement type is reflected in overt behavior by showing that action observation primes the execution of actions of the same topography (e.g. Brass et al, 2001;Craighero et al, 2002;Dimberg et al, 2000;Kerzel and Bekkering, 2000;Press et al, 2005;Vogt et al, 2003). Interestingly, our study found a facilitation effect from observing a compatible effector, but no interference when an incompatible effector was observed (Experiment 1).…”

Section: While Automatic Imitation Of Index and Middle Finger Liftingsupporting

confidence: 46%

“…di Pellegrino et al, 1992;Ferrari et al, 2003;Puce et al, 2000). Parallel evidence of behavioral sensitivity to movement type comes from many studies of imitation (Bertenthal et al, 2006;Brass et al, 2000Brass et al, , 2001Castiello et al, 2002;Chartrand and Bargh, 1999;Craighero et al, 2002;Dimberg et al, 2000;Heyes et al, 2005;Kerzel and Bekkering, 2000;Kilner et al, 2003;Press et 5 al., 2005;Stanley et al, 2007;Stürmer et al, 2000;Vogt et al, 2003), but is particularly clear in research on 'automatic imitation' using stimulus-response compatibility paradigms. For example, when participants have been instructed to make a pre-specified response (e.g.…”

Section: The Mirror Neuron System and Imitationmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…di Pellegrino et al, 1992;Ferrari et al, 2003;Craighero et al, 2002;Puce et al, 2000;Stürmer et al, 2000), but it is not yet known whether the mirror neuron system's sensitivity to effector variables, as indicated by neurological measures, is reflected in overt imitative performance.…”

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Experience-based priming of body parts: A study of action imitation

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Abstract:Two important dimensions of action are the movement and the body part with which the movement is effected. Experiment 1 tested whether automatic imitation is sensitive to the body part dimension of action. We found that hand and foot movements were selectively primed by observation of a corresponding, task-irrelevant effector in motion.Experiment 2 used this body part priming effect to investigate the role of sensorimotor learning in the development of imitation. The results showed that incompatible training, in which observation of hand movements was paired with execution of foot movements and vice versa, led to a greater reduction in body part priming than compatible training, in which subjects experienced typical contingencies between observation and execution of hand and foot movements. These findings are consistent with the assumption that overt behavioral imitation is mediated by the mirror neuron system, which is somatotopically organized. Our results also support the hypothesis that the development of imitation and the mirror neuron system are driven by correlated sensorimotor learning. Section: Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience

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Experience-based priming of body parts: A study of action imitation

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“…For example, Heyes et al [21] found that participants were faster to make hand opening responses to the onset of hand opening stimuli than to the onset of hand closing, and confirmed that this effect is truly imitative; it depends on the topography of observed action-on how body parts move relative to one another-not merely on the position of the action relative to an external frame of reference (spatial compatibility). That participants make faster imitative responses than non-imitative responses is an extremely robust effect, having been found across several effector systems [23,24], for both transitive [25] and intransitive actions [26,27].…”

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Automatic imitation in a strategic context: players of rock–paper–scissors imitate opponents' gestures

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A compelling body of evidence indicates that observing a task-irrelevant action makes the execution of that action more likely. However, it remains unclear whether this 'automatic imitation' effect is indeed automatic or whether the imitative action is voluntary. The present study tested the automaticity of automatic imitation by asking whether it occurs in a strategic context where it reduces payoffs. Participants were required to play rock-paper -scissors, with the aim of achieving as many wins as possible, while either one or both players were blindfolded. While the frequency of draws in the blind -blind condition was precisely that expected at chance, the frequency of draws in the blind -sighted condition was significantly elevated. Specifically, the execution of either a rock or scissors gesture by the blind player was predictive of an imitative response by the sighted player. That automatic imitation emerges in a context where imitation reduces payoffs accords with its 'automatic' description, and implies that these effects are more akin to involuntary than to voluntary actions. These data represent the first evidence of automatic imitation in a strategic context, and challenge the abstraction from physical aspects of social interaction typical in economic and game theory.

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“…ory) prime the selection of feature-overlapping actions, but also that planning a task and an action affects perceptual processes. For instance, selecting and processing visual stimuli is modulated by task requirements and the actions those stimuli afford (Fisher & Hoellen, 2004;Hannus, Cornelissen, Lindemann, & Bekkering, 2005;Memelink & Hommel, 2006;Tucker & Ellis, 1998), as well as by the type of action the perceiver is currently performing or observing (Bekkering & Neggers, 2002;Bernstein & Cooper, 1997;Craighero, Bello, Fadiga, & Rizzolatti, 2002;Miall et al, 2006;Vogt, Taylor, & Hopkins, 2003;Wohlschläger, 2000). Along the same lines, experiments using positron emission tomography (PET) have revealed increased activity of cortical areas known for being involved in action generation, when subjects discriminate objects compared to non-objects (Grèzes & Decety, 2002).…”

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Controlling attention through action: Observing actions primes action-related stimulus dimensions

2007

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Previous findings suggest that planning an action "backward-primes" perceptual dimension related to this action: planning a grasp facilitates the processing of visual size information, while planning a reach facilitates the processing of location information. Here we show that dimensional priming of perception through action occurs even in the absence of active action planning. Subjects watched video clips showing a grasping or reaching action before detecting size-or location-defined deviants in visual stimulus sequences. Size deviants were detected faster after seeing a grasp and location deviants were detected faster after seeing a reach. This supports the assumption that perceptual codes and action plans share a common representational medium, and that "attention to action" controls "attention to stimuli".

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Hand action preparation influences the responses to hand pictures

Cited by 268 publications

References 36 publications

Experience-based priming of body parts: A study of action imitation

Experience-based priming of body parts: A study of action imitation

Automatic imitation in a strategic context: players of rock–paper–scissors imitate opponents' gestures

Controlling attention through action: Observing actions primes action-related stimulus dimensions

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