When we observe someone performing an action, do our brains simulate making that
action? Acquired motor skills offer a unique way to test this question, since people differ�…

The human brain contains specialized circuits for observing and understanding actions [1–
3]. Previous studies have not distinguished whether this" mirror system" uses specialized�…

Research on action simulation identifies brain areas that are active while imagining or
performing simple overlearned actions. Are areas engaged during imagined movement�…

Human motor skills can be acquired by observation without the benefit of immediate
physical practice. The current study tested if physical rehearsal and observational learning�…

Previous studies have demonstrated that when we observe somebody else executing an
action many areas of our own motor systems are active. It has been argued that these motor�…

Both motor imagery and action observation have been shown to play a role in learning or re-
learning complex motor tasks. According to a well accepted view they share a common�…

The present study aimed to investigate the functional neuroanatomical correlates of motor
imagery (MI) of complex everyday movements (also called everyday tasks or functional�…

Numerous studies provide evidence that motor skill acquisition is associated with dynamic
changes in cortical and subcortical regions. Athletes are a professional population who are�…

Whenever we plan, imagine, or observe an action, the motor systems that would be involved
in preparing and executing that action are similarly engaged. The way in which such�…

The first aim of this event-related fMRI study was to identify the neural circuits involved in
imitation learning. We used a rapid imitation task where participants directly imitated pictures�…