Differences in neural activation patterns within the action observation network during imitation of point-light displays and fully visible manipulative actions
Settimio Ziccarelli, Antonino Errante, Alessandro Piras, Leonardo Fogassi · FENS Forum 2024
It has been demonstrated that observation of grasping actions presented as point-light displays (PLDs) activates the action observation network (AON). The aim of this event-related fMRI study was to investigate the neural correlates of imitation of fully visible (FV) and PLDs manipulative actions within the AON. Twenty-six participants were instructed to imitate a hand rotating two objects in two directions (clockwise, anticlockwise) presented in two visual conditions: FV and PLDs. In each trial of each condition, participants had to observe, plan and imitate the presented action. Passive obse
ePoster · Neuroscience