Previous neuroimaging research on healthy humans has provided evidence for a neural system underlying the observation of another person's hand actions. However, whether the neural processes involved… (More)
BACKGROUND
Research on multisensory integration during natural tasks such as reach-to-grasp is still in its infancy. Crossmodal links between vision, proprioception and audition have been identified,… (More)
Previous evidence indicates that we understand others' actions not only by perceiving their visual features but also by their sound. This raises the possibility that brain regions responsible for… (More)
The widely known discovery of mirror neurons in macaques shows that premotor and parietal cortical areas are not only involved in executing one's own movement, but are also active when observing the… (More)
This study assessed how hand shaping responds to a perturbation of object shape. In blocked trials (80% of total), subjects were instructed to reach, to grasp and lift a concave or a convex object.… (More)
Our social abilities depend on specialized brain systems that allow us to perform crucial operations such as interpreting the actions of others. This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)… (More)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of olfactory stimuli on visually guided reaching. In Experiment 1, participants reached toward and grasped either a small… (More)
Recent fMRI evidence indicates that both the execution and the observation of hand actions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients increase recruitment of a portion of the so-called mirror neuron system.… (More)
Gender is important for the determination of olfactory abilities. Previous reports on gender differences in human odour perception claimed that the sensitivity and discrimination ability of females… (More)
In the present study, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the influence that the presence of an object, intended as the target for an action, might have on the neural circuit… (More)