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CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 1114-1121Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.04.008
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Action understanding; Mirror neurons; Infants; EEG
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- Wellcome Trust [088427/Z/09/Z] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [088427/Z/09/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
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The mirror neuron theory of action understanding makes predictions concerning how the limited motor repertoire of young infants should impact on their ability to interpret others' actions. In line with this theory, an increasing body of research has identified a correlation between infants' abilities to perform an action, and their ability to interpret that action as goal-directed when performed by others. In this paper, I will argue that the infant data does by no means unequivocally support the mirror neuron theory of action understanding and that alternative interpretations of the data should be considered. Furthermore, some of this data can be better interpreted in terms of an alternative view, which holds that the role of the motor system in action perception is more likely to be one of enabling the observer to predict, after a goal has been identified, how that goal will be attained. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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