| The case of pretense: observing actions and inferring goals. | |
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PMID: 18564039 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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When we observe an action, we know almost immediately what goal is pursued by the actor. Strikingly, this applies also to pretend action (pantomime), which provides relevant information about the manipulation itself but not about the manipulated objects. The present fMRI study addressed the issue of goal inference from pretend action as compared with real action. We found differences as well as commonalities for the brain correlates of inferring goals from both types of action. They differed with regard to the weights of the underlying action observation network, indicating the exploitation of object information in the case of real actions and manipulation information in the case of pretense. However, goal inferences from manipulation information resulted in a common network for both real and pretend action. Interestingly, this latter network also comprised areas that are not identified by action observation and that might be due to the processing of scene gist and to the evaluation of fit of putative action goals. These findings suggest that observation of pretense emphasizes the requirement to internally simulate the observed act but rule out fundamental differences of how observers cope with real and pretend action. |
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Authors:
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Ricarda I Schubotz; D Yves von Cramon |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of cognitive neuroscience Volume: 21 ISSN: 0898-929X ISO Abbreviation: J Cogn Neurosci Publication Date: 2009 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-03-19 Completed Date: 2009-05-04 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8910747 Medline TA: J Cogn Neurosci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 642-53 Citation Subset: IM |
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Motor Cognition Group, Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne, Germany. schubotz@nf.mpg.de |
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Adult Analysis of Variance Attention / physiology* Brain / blood supply, physiology Brain Mapping* Female Goals* Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods Imagination / physiology* Imitative Behavior* Intention* Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods Male Observation Oxygen / physiology Psychomotor Performance / physiology Reaction Time / physiology Time Factors Young Adult |
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7782-44-7/Oxygen |
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