The Premotor Cortex

By D. Purves, G. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, L. C. Katz, A. LaMantia, J. McNamara, S. M. Williams. 2001

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Speech listening specifically modulates the excitability of tongue muscles: a TMS study (2002, background): “…that this observation/execution matching system (mirror system) is the physiological expression of a brain mechanism involved in `understanding' the actions made by others; actions are recognized because both the agent and the observer share the same motor repertoire (Rizzolatti et al., 1996b).”
Towards a unified science of cultural evolution. (2006, background): “First, at the neural level, the social learning community (see Hurley & Chater, 2005) has hailed as highly significant the discovery of ‘mirror neurons’ in the prefrontal cortex of monkeys, which activate both when the monkey observes a specific goal-directed hand action, such as grasping an object,”
Building a motor simulation de novo: Observation of dance by dancers (2006, methodology): “This is demonstrated by numerous neuroimaging studies (Buccino et al., 2001; Grafton et al., 1996; Grezes and Decety, 2001; Grezes et al., 2001; Iacoboni et al., 1999; Johnson-Frey et al., 2003; Rizzolatti et al., 1996b).”
Empathy: Its ultimate and proximate bases. (2001, background): “For example, naming and observing common tools activates the left premotor cortex (Grafton et al. 1997), an area involved with the planning of movements in response to stimuli, where learned motor sequences might be stored.”
Separate visual representations in the planning and control of action (2004, background): “Indeed, neuroimaging studies have shown that the naming of tools or tool actions (Grabowski et al. 1998; Grafton et al. 1997; Martin et al. 1995), as well as viewing pictures of tools (Chao & Martin 2000), activates the human lateral premotor cortex.”