The mirror mechanism is a basic brain mechanism that transforms sensory representations
of others' behaviour into one's own motor or visceromotor representations concerning that …

Emotion, mood, and stress recognition (EMSR) has been studied in laboratory settings for
decades. In particular, physiological signals are widely used to detect and classify affective …

Action-theoretic views of language posit that the recognition of others' intentions is key to
successful interpersonal communication. Yet, speakers do not always code their intentions …

In primates, neural mechanisms for controlling skilled hand actions primarily rely on
sensorimotor transformations. These transformations are mediated by circuits linking specific …

We share our thoughts with other minds, but we do not understand how. Having a common
language certainly helps, but infants' and tourists' communicative success clearly illustrates …

Parental mentalizing–the parent's ability to envision the child's mental states (such as
desires, thoughts, or wishes)–has been argued to underlie a parent's ability to respond …

Mirror neurons (MNs) are a class of cells originally discovered in the monkey ventral
premotor cortex (PMv) and inferior parietal lobule (IPL). They discharge during both action …

Difficulties in the social domain and motor anomalies have been widely investigated in
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, they have been generally considered as …

Movement perception and its role in aesthetic experience have been often studied, within
empirical aesthetics, in relation to the human body. No such specificity has been defined in …

Within the neurocognitive literature there is much debate about the role of the motor system
in language, social communication and conceptual processing. We suggest, here, that …