Brain Areas Involved in Perception of Biological Motion

By Emily D. Grossman, M. Donnelly, R. Price, DAVID R. Pickens, V. Morgan, G. Neighbor, Randolph Blake. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2000

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The neural correlates of dreaming (2014, background): “This area is important for the perception of biological motion (Grossman et al., 2000) and viewing body movements (Puce et al.”
Specificity of Action Representations in the Lateral Occipitotemporal Cortex (2006, methodology): “…bodies, for point-light biological motion compared to random-dot motion, or for moving bodies compared to moving objects (Beauchamp, Lee, Haxby, & Martin, 2002; Rizzolatti et al., 2001; Allison et al., 2000; Grossman et al., 2000; Decety & Grezes, 1999; Bonda et al., 1996; Howard et al., 1996).”
Neural correlates of social perception: The posterior superior temporal sulcus is modulated by action rationality, but not animacy (2012, positive): “Grossman et al., 2000; Pelphrey et al., 2003). These responses might relate to the detection or perceptual analysis of biological motion, to higher-level processing of the intentions underlying the actions, or to some combination thereof. Another set of studies indicates that the pSTS response to hu”
Perception of human motion. (2007, methodology): “Subsequently, Grossman et al. (2000) pinpointed activation sites in this same STSp area using fMRI (Figure 2).”
The enactive mind, or from actions to cognition: lessons from autism. (2003, background): “Several neuroimaging studies have singled out the superior temporal sulcus as an important structure involved in the perception of biological motion (Grossman & Blake 2000; Grossman et al. 2000; Grezes et al. 2001), a region also associated with basic ‘survival’ reactions such as evaluating facial e”
The role of MT+/V5 during biological motion perception in Asperger Syndrome: An fMRI study (2007, positive): “…of biological motion, including complex human movements such as eye gaze, hand motion, and whole body movement (Grafton, Fagg, Woods, & Arbib, 1996; Grezes, Costes, & Decety, 1999; Grossman et al., 2000; Puce, Truett, Bentin, Gore & McCarthy, 1998; Vaina, Lemay, Bienfang, Choi & Nakayama, 1990).”
Predictive coding: an account of the mirror neuron system (2007, background): “Neurons in the superior temporal sulcus (STS), also respond selectively to biological movements, both in monkeys (Oram and Perrett 1994) and in humans (Frith and Frith 1999; Allison et al. 2000; Grossman et al. 2000) but they are not mirror-neurons, as they do not discharge during action execution.”
What is biological motion?: Definition, stimuli and paradigms (2012, background): “This particular stimulus set is important because it has later became the basis for identifying and localizing the superior-temporal sulcus (STS) as a primary area for the processing of biological motion (Grossman et al., 2000; this volume).”
Integration of Visual and Auditory Information by Superior Temporal Sulcus Neurons Responsive to the Sight of Actions (2005, result): “Consistent with results from human imaging studies of visual processing of actions (Puce & Perrett, 2003; Downing, Jiang, Shuman, & Kanwisher, 2001; Grossman et al., 2000; Puce, Allison, Bentin, Gore, & McCarthy, 1998), monkey STS contains neurons that respond to the appearance of complex visual sti”
Are there theory of mind regions in the brain? A review of the neuroimaging literature (2009, methodology): “For example, anterior and posterior regions of the STS have been associated with the perception and representation of biological motion [e.g. Allison et al., 2000; Bonda et al., 1996; Grossman et al., 2000; Pelphrey et al., 2003; Peuskens et al., 2005; Thompson et al., 2005; Vaina et al., 2001] and ”
Perception of biological motion in parietal patients. (2003, background): “Neurophysiological (Oram & Perrett, 1994) and fMRI studies (Grossman et al., 2000) all point to the existence of a mechanism in the brain specialized for perception of biological motion which most likely lies outside the classical motion routes that includes V5 area and, our patients’ performance…”
Representing others' actions: just like one's own? (2003, positive): “…Rizzolatti, 1996; Iacoboni et al., 1999; Rizzolatti, Fogassi, & Gallese, 2001), posterior parietal cortex (Ruby & Decety, 2001) and the cerebellum (Grossman et al., 2000), are activated when an action is imagined or carried out as well as when the same action is observed in others (Blakemore &…”
From the perception of action to the understanding of intention (2001, background): “One such study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare brain regions activated by dot displays showing biological motion, and regions activated by dot displays showing coherent motion, in which all the dots moved at equal velocity in the same directio”
Temporal cortex neurons encode articulated actions as slow sequences of integrated poses (2010, background): “A region in the lower bank of the posterior STS shows heightened blood-oxygen-level-dependent responses to biological motion (Grossman et al., 2000; Beauchamp et al., 2003) of point-light walkers (Johansson, 1973).”
Repetitive TMS over posterior STS disrupts perception of biological motion. (2005, background): “Previous neuroimaging studies have demonstrated motion-sensitive MT+/V5 to be activated, but not preferentially, during perception of biological motion (Grossman et al., 2000).”
Mouth and Voice: A Relationship between Visual and Auditory Preference in the Human Superior Temporal Sulcus (2017, methodology): “In the visual domain, the pSTS is especially responsive to biological motion, the movement of living organisms (Puce et al., 1998; Grossman et al., 2000, 2005; Beauchamp et al., 2002, 2003; Santi et al., 2003; Pitcher et al., 2011).”
Emotion Perception from Dynamic and Static Body Expressions in Point-Light and Full-Light Displays (2004, background): “…temporal sulcus (STS), dedicated to the perception of high-level motion stimuli, especially facial and body movements, which is further differentiated with respect to the processing of movements across and within faces and body parts (eg Allison et al 2000; Grossman et al 2000; Haxby et al 2000).”