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CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 179-184Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.08.001
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca
- EU project Neurocom
- Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP)
- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara
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Experiments in monkeys have shown that coding the goal of the motor acts is a fundamental property of the cortical motor system. In area F5, goal-coding motor neurons are also activated by observing motor acts done by others (the 'classical' mirror mechanism); in area F2 and area F1, some motor neurons are activated by the mere observation of goal-directed movements of a cursor displayed on a computer screen (a 'mirror-like' mechanism). Experiments in humans and monkeys have shown that the mirror mechanism enables the observer to understand the intention behind an observed motor act, in addition to the goal of it. Growing evidence shows that a deficit in the mirror mechanism underlies some aspects of autism.
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