Observation of Simple Intransitive Actions: The Effect of Familiarity

Bello, Julio Plata; Modroño, Cristián; Marcano, Francisco; González–Mora, José Luis

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“…Therefore, this higher activity might also be related with the presence of a higher degree of familiarity for experts than for novices. As some studies have described, there is more activity in the MNS when familiar actions are observed (Calvo‐Merino et al ., , ; Cross et al ., ; Muysoms et al ., ; Plata Bello et al ., ). Thus, the activity described by Abreu et al .…”

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Modulation in the mirror neuron system when action prediction is not satisfied

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Modroño

Marcano

et al. 2015

Eur J of Neuroscience

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The ability to understand competitive games is closely connected to the mirror neuron system (MNS). This network is activated not only when an action is performed, but also when it is observed. Apart from allowing the understanding of actions performed by others, the MNS has been implicated in predicting subsequent actions. However, the results concerning the modulation of this network by the final outcome of these predictions are contradictory. These contradictions may be related to the use of complex experimental conditions. The aim of this research is to identify changes in the activity of the MNS when the predictions are or are not satisfied in a simple intransitive action-based game. An event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study was conducted. It consisted of the observation of videos with two actors playing the well-known rock-paper-scissors game. The participants were asked to predict the response of the second actor when the first actor performed one of the three possible actions. In some videos (congruents) the prediction was satisfied, but in the rest of the videos (incongruents) the prediction was not satisfied. When the result was shown, higher activity in the MNS was observed in the congruent videos than in the incongruent ones. Therefore, the observation of a simple manual game leads to a significant activation of the MNS, and this activity seems to be modulated by the final outcome of a prediction, and when predictions are satisfied the activity is higher.

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Modulation in the mirror neuron system when action prediction is not satisfied

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et al. 2015

Eur J of Neuroscience

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“…An observer's prior experience with the action being observed modifies the simulation of others’ actions . For example, the IPL is more activated by the observation of dance movements with which the observer has greater personal experience or general familiarity . More specific types of experience with action also modulate subsequent parietal activity during action observation.…”

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Rethinking actions: implementation and association

Quandt

Chatterjee

2015

WIRES Cognitive Science

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Action processing allows us to move through and interact with the world, as well as understand the movements performed by other people. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the semantics of actions as differentiated from the semantics of objects. However, as the understanding of action semantics has evolved, it is evident that the existing literature conflates two senses of the word “action”—one that stems from studies of tool use and the other from event representation. In this paper, we suggest that this issue can be clarified by closely examining differences in how the human parietal and temporal cortices of the brain process action-related stimuli. By contrasting the posterior parietal cortex to the posterolateral temporal cortex, we characterize two complementary action systems in the human brain, each with its own specialization of function. We suggest that these two systems be referred to as the parietal Action Implementation System, and the posterolateral temporal Action Association System. While the fronto-parietal system is concerned primarily with how we perform actions, and simulate others’ actions, the temporal action system is more involved with processing actions from a third-person, conceptual standpoint. Recent work in cognitive neuroscience of perception and language, as well as the neuroanatomical organization of these brain regions support this distinction. We will discuss the implications of this work for cognition-, language-, and neuroscience-based action research.

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“…Intransitive actions lead to an activation of the human MNS (there is new evidence of this activation in primates too) in a more restrictive way than transitive actions do [31,32]. In fact, the activity of the MNS when intransitive actions are observed tends to predominantly activate posterior parietal regions more than premotor areas [31,33]. Minor activation of the MNS does not have to mean that an AOT based on these actions had less beneit than using transitive ones.…”

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The Study of Action Observation Therapy in Neurological Diseases: A Few Technical Considerations

Plata‐Bello¹

2017

Neurological Physical Therapy

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Action observation therapy (AOT) is a developing neurorehabilitative tool, which is based on the existence of the mirror neuron system (MNS). This neural network involves motor regions, and its main feature is that it is activated not only during the execution of an action, but also during the observation of the same action. Bearing in mind this "dual" activation, the AOT proposes that motor symptoms of diferent neurological disorders can improve with the observation and imitation of diferent actions. While several studies have shown the beneits of this therapy, others have been less favorable indicating a lack of clarity in the ield. The present study focuses on previously undiscussed aspects regarding this therapy: from the kind of actions used in the therapy to the scales that should be used to measure the results of AOT. Diferences and similarities between virtual reality-based therapies and AOT are also discussed. The considerations made here about all such aspects may be useful for future studies and possible applications of AOT.

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Observation of Simple Intransitive Actions: The Effect of Familiarity

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Modulation in the mirror neuron system when action prediction is not satisfied

Modulation in the mirror neuron system when action prediction is not satisfied

Rethinking actions: implementation and association

The Study of Action Observation Therapy in Neurological Diseases: A Few Technical Considerations

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