Understanding motor resonance

Uithol, Sebo; Rooij, Iris van; Bekkering, Harold; Haselager, Pim

doi:10.1080/17470919.2011.559129

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“…Importantly, there still remains little consensus in the literature on what is involved in the act of understanding an action (Gallese et al, 2011;Kilner, 2011;Uithol et al, 2011). This may be because action understanding is a heterogeneous psychological construct that encompasses not one but many ecological contexts in which humans consider the actions of other humans (Vallacher and Wegner, 1987;Kilner, 2011;Uithol et al, 2011).…”

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Dissociating Modality-Specific and Supramodal Neural Systems for Action Understanding

Spunt

Lieberman²

2012

J. Neurosci.

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The neural basis of action understanding in humans remains disputed, with some research implicating the putative mirror neuron system (MNS) and some a mentalizing system (MZS) for inferring mental states. The basis for this dispute may be that action understanding is a heterogeneous construct: actions can be understood from sensory information about body movements or from language about action, and with the goal of understanding the implementation ("how") or motive ("why") of an action. Although extant research implicates the MNS in understanding implementation and the MZS in understanding motive, it remains unknown to what extent these systems subserve modality-specific or supramodal functions in action understanding. While undergoing fMRI, 21 volunteers considered the implementation ("How is she doing it?") and motive ("Why is she doing it?") for actions presented in video or text. Bilateral parietal and right frontal areas of the MNS showed a modality-specific association with perceiving actions in videos, while left-hemisphere MNS showed a supramodal association with understanding implementation. Largely left-hemisphere MZS showed a supramodal association with understanding motive; however, connectivity among the MZS and MNS during the inference of motive was modality specific, being significantly stronger when motive was understood from actions in videos compared to text. These results support a tripartite model of MNS and MZS contributions to action understanding, where distinct areas of the MNS contribute to action perception ("perceiving what") and the representation of action implementation ("knowing how"), while the MZS supports an abstract, modality-independent representation of the mental states that explain action performance ("knowing why").

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“…This may be because action understanding is a heterogeneous psychological construct that encompasses not one but many ecological contexts in which humans consider the actions of other humans (Vallacher and Wegner, 1987;Kilner, 2011;Uithol et al, 2011). One ecological variable is the observer's comprehension goal.…”

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Dissociating Modality-Specific and Supramodal Neural Systems for Action Understanding

Spunt

Lieberman²

2012

J. Neurosci.

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“…Through the notion of observation/execution 'mirroring', 'matching' 'mapping' or 'translation', grew the idea that mirror neurons provide a relatively symmetric link between respectively (1) perception and action within the perceiver and (2) other and self, thus a social mirroring between subjects. (See also Uitol, van Rooij, Bekkering, & Haselager, 2011a). Thus 'mirroring' is seen as relating social and motor cognition, which, as recently suggested by Ferrari and Rizzolatti, has been incredibly important in igniting the interest in mirror neurons.…”

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Beyond sensorimotor segregation: On mirror neurons and social affordance space tracking

Brincker

2015

Cognitive Systems Research

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Mirror neuron research has come a long way since the early 1990s, and many theorists are now stressing the heterogeneity and complexity of the sensorimotor properties of fronto--parietal circuits. However, core aspects of the initial 'mirror mechanism' theory, i.e. the idea of a symmetric encapsulated mirroring function translating sensory action perceptions into motor formats, still appears to be shaping much of the debate. This article challenges the empirical plausibility of the sensorimotor segregation implicit in the original mirror metaphor. It is proposed instead that the teleological organization found in the broader fronto--parietal circuits might be inherently sensorimotor. Thus the idea of an independent 'purely perceptual' goal understanding process is questioned. Further, it is hypothesized that the often asymmetric, heterogeneous and contextually modulated mirror and canonical neurons support a function of multisensory mapping and tracking of the perceiving agents affordance space. Such a shift in the interpretative framework offers a different theoretical handle on how sensorimotor processes might ground various aspects of intentional action choice and social cognition. Mirror neurons would under the proposed "social affordance model" be seen as dynamic parts of larger circuits, which support tracking of currently shared and competing action possibilities. These circuits support action selection processes-but also our understanding of the options and action potentials that we and perhaps others have in the affordance space. In terms of social cognition 'mirror' circuits might thus help us understand not only the intentional actions others are actually performing-but also what they could have done, did not do and might do shortly. The caricature view of mirror neurons and the ensuing debateMirror neurons were initially discovered by Giacomo Rizzolatti and colleagues in Parma (di Pellegrino et al., 1992[1]. The core finding that inspired the name was that certain single cells in the macaque premotor cortex were modulated both by the execution of some goal--directed actions and by the perception of others performing similar actions. Such action--sensitive sensorimotor modulations were also found in parietal areas known to be highly anatomically and functionally interconnected with the premotor area F5. Additionally, indirect behavioral and imaging findings suggested homologue modulations in humans. The Parma group soon hypothesized that these fronto--parietal neurons together formed a mirror system by which

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“…Motor resonance refers to a functional correspondence between the state in the motor system of an observer and that in the motor system of the person making the action [25]. Studies of motor resonance using fMRI in schizophrenia have provided mixed results [26].…”

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IJCNMH

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Although functional recovery could be advocated as an achievable treatment goal, many effective interventions for the treatment of psychotic symptoms, such as antipsychotic drugs, may not improve functioning. The last two decades of cognitive and clinical research on schizophrenia were a turning point for the firm acknowledgment of how relevant social cognitive deficits and negative symptoms could be in predicting psychosocial functioning. The relevance of social cognition dysfunction in schizophrenia patients' daily living is now unabated. In fact, social cognition deficits could be the most significant predictor of functionality in patients with schizophrenia, non-redundantly with neurocognition. Emerging evidence suggests that negative symptoms appear to play an indirect role, mediating the relationship between neurocognition and social cognition with functional outcomes. Further explorations of this mediating role of negative symptoms have revealed that motivational deficits appear to be particularly important in explaining the relationship between both neurocognitive and social cognitive dysfunction and functional outcomes in schizophrenia. In this paper we will address the relative contribution of two key constructs-social cognitive deficits and negative symptoms, namely how intertwined they could be in daily life functioning of patients with schizophrenia.

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Understanding motor resonance

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Dissociating Modality-Specific and Supramodal Neural Systems for Action Understanding

Dissociating Modality-Specific and Supramodal Neural Systems for Action Understanding

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