Aplasics Born without Hands Mirror the Goal of Hand Actions with Their Feet

The premotor and parietal mirror neuron system (MNS) is thought to contribute to the understanding of observed actions by mapping them onto “corresponding” motor programs of the observer [1–24], but how would the MNS respond to the observation of hand actions if the observer never had hands? Would i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current biology 2007-07, Vol.17 (14), p.1235-1240
Hauptverfasser:	Gazzola, Valeria, van der Worp, Henk, Mulder, Theo, Wicker, Bruno, Rizzolatti, Giacomo, Keysers, Christian
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Case-Control Studies Cerebral Cortex - physiology Foot - physiology Goals Hand - physiology Hand Deformities, Congenital - physiopathology Humans Imitative Behavior - physiology Oxygen - blood SYSNEURO
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