Objects tell us what action we can expect: Dissociating brain areas for retrieval and exploitation of action knowledge during action observation in fMRI

Objects are reminiscent of actions often performed with them: knife and apple remind us on peeling the apple or cutting it. Mnemonic representations of object-related actions (action codes) evoked by the sight of an object may constrain and hence facilitate recognition of unrolling actions. The pres...

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Main Authors: Schubotz, R, Wurm, M, Wittmann, M, von Cramon, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2014