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mirror system

Description: A proposed neural system whose activity is associated with observing and performing actions, studied in neuroscience and social cognition; the term can also refer to optical systems.
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Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action
2001 · Giacomo Rizzolatti, Leonardo Fogassi, et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 3,306
Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study
2001 · G. Buccino, F. Binkofski, et al. · European Journal of Neuroscience · 2,492
Action Observation and Acquired Motor Skills: An fMRI Study with Expert Dancers
2004 · B. Calvo-Merino, D.E. Glaser, et al. · Cerebral Cortex · 1,998
The Neural Basis of Mentalizing
2006 · Chris D. Frith, Uta Frith · Neuron · 1,843
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Social cognition and the brain: A meta‐analysis
2008 · Frank Van Overwalle · Human Brain Mapping · 1,793
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Simulating Minds
2006 · Alvin I. Goldman · 1,489
Understanding others' actions and goals by mirror and mentalizing systems: A meta-analysis
2009 · Frank Van Overwalle, Kris Baetens · NeuroImage · 1,330
From monkey-like action recognition to human language: An evolutionary framework for neurolinguistics
2005 · Michael A. Arbib · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1,164
Seeing or Doing? Influence of Visual and Motor Familiarity in Action Observation
2006 · Beatriz Calvo-Merino, Julie Grèzes, et al. · Current Biology · 1,158
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An Interference Effect of Observed Biological Movement on Action
2003 · J.M Kilner, Y Paulignan, et al. · Current Biology · 846
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Somatosensation in social perception
2010 · Christian Keysers, Jon H. Kaas, et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 787
The neural basis of visual body perception
2007 · Marius V. Peelen, Paul E. Downing · Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 697
Direct perception in the intersubjective context
2008 · Shaun Gallagher · Consciousness and Cognition · 659
Brain Basis of Human Social Interaction: From Concepts to Brain Imaging
2009 · Riitta Hari, Miiamaaria V. Kujala · Physiological Reviews · 636
Somatosensory activations during the observation of touch and a case of vision–touch synaesthesia
2005 · S.-J. Blakemore, D. Bristow, et al. · Brain · 616
TIT FOR TAT in sticklebacks and the evolution of cooperation
1987 · Manfred Milinski · Nature · 605
Perspectives on imitation : from neuroscience to social science
2005 · Susan Hurley, Nick Chater · 603
Sensorimotor Learning Configures the Human Mirror System
2007 · Caroline Catmur, Vincent Walsh, et al. · Current Biology · 564
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Human motor cortex excitability during the perception of others’ action
2005 · Luciano Fadiga, Laila Craighero, et al. · Current Opinion in Neurobiology · 496
The motor theory of social cognition: a critique
2004 · Pierre Jacob, Marc Jeannerod · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 467
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Motor cognition : what actions tell the self
2006 · Marc Jeannerod · 461
The Compassionate Brain: Humans Detect Intensity of Pain from Another's Face
2006 · M. V. Saarela, Y. Hlushchuk, et al. · Cerebral Cortex · 442
Mirror Neurons and Mirror Systems in Monkeys and Humans
2008 · Maddalena Fabbri-Destro, Giacomo Rizzolatti · Physiology · 438
Neural circuits involved in imitation and perspective-taking
2006 · Philip L. Jackson, Andrew N. Meltzoff, et al. · NeuroImage · 427
Mirror neurons and their clinical relevance
2009 · Giacomo Rizzolatti, Maddalena Fabbri-Destro, et al. · Nature Clinical Practice Neurology · 418
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Citation count: 49,460
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