Considerable progress has been made in developing models of cerebellar function in
sensorimotor control, as well as in identifying key problems that are the focus of current …

The neural basis of mental imagery has been investigated by localizing the underlying
neural networks, mostly in motor and perceptual systems, separately. However, how …

We advance a novel active inference model of the cognitive processing that underlies the
acquisition of a hierarchical action repertoire and its use for observation, understanding and …

Apraxia, a disorder of higher motor cognition, is a frequent and outcome-relevant sequel of
left hemispheric stroke. Deficient pantomiming of object use constitutes a key symptom of …

Current theoretical positions assume that action-related word meanings are established by
functional connections between perisylvian language areas and the motor cortex (MC)[1–4] …

Some studies have reported that understanding concrete action-related words and
sentences elicits activations of motor areas in the brain. The present fMRI study goes one …

Whether motor and linguistic representations of actions share common neural structures has
recently been the focus of an animated debate in cognitive neuroscience. Group studies with …

Embodied theories hold that understanding what another person is doing requires the
observer to map that action directly onto his or her own motor representation and simulate it …

Apraxia is a higher level motor deficit that occurs when processing a goal-directed action.
The apraxic deficit can manifest itself in absence of sensory input deficits or motor output …

Ideomotor theory holds that the perception or anticipatory imagination of action effects
activates motor tendencies toward the action that is known to produce these effects, herein …