| Movements, actions and tool-use actions: an ideomotor approach to imitation. | |
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PMID: 19620106 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In this article we discuss both merits and limitations of the ideomotor approach to action control and action imitation. In the first part, we give a brief outline of ideomotor theory and its functional implications for imitation and related kinds of behaviours. In the subsequent sections, we summarize pertinent experimental studies on action imitation and action induction. These studies show that action perception modulates action planning in a number of ways, of which imitation is but one. In the last part, we move from regular actions to tool-use actions, raising the issue of whether and how watching others' tool-use actions leads to corresponding behaviours in observers. Here, we discuss experiments aimed at dissociating the relative roles of environmental targets, bodily movements and target-to-movement-mappings (action rules) in the observation of tool-use actions. Our findings indicate a strong role for action rules in the observation and imitation of tool-use actions. We argue that, in order to account for these findings, ideomotor theory needs to be extended to take mappings between bodily movements and environmental effects into account. |
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Authors:
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Cristina Massen; Wolfgang Prinz |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences Volume: 364 ISSN: 1471-2970 ISO Abbreviation: Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-21 Completed Date: 2009-10-08 Revised Date: 2010-09-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7503623 Medline TA: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2349-58 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. massen@cbs.mpg.de |
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Humans Imitative Behavior / physiology* Motor Activity / physiology* Movement / physiology* Tool Use Behavior / physiology* |
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