Gereon R. Fink

TL;DR: Results bring the previous concept of an action observation/execution matching system (mirror system) into a broader perspective: this system is not restricted to the ventral premotor cortex, but involves several somatotopically organized motor circuits.

TL;DR: Divergent neural activations in response to TOM and SELF suggest that these important differential mental capacities of human self-consciousness are implemented at least in part in distinct brain regions.

TL;DR: It is concluded that neither of the two networks controls attentional processes in isolation and that the flexible interaction between both systems enables the dynamic control of attention in relation to top-down goals and bottom-up sensory stimulation.

TL;DR: Investigating differences in the distribution of relative regional cerebral blood flow during motor imagery and execution of a joy-stick movement with positron emission tomography suggested that imagined movements can be viewed as a special form of "motor behavior' that activate areas associated heretofore with selection of actions and multisensory integration.

TL;DR: The results showed that the basic circuit underlying imitation learning consists of the inferior parietal lobule and the posterior part of the superior frontal gyrus plus the adjacent premotor cortex (mirror neuron circuit), plus structures involved in motor preparation (dorsal prem motor cortex, superior parietal lobe, rostral mesial areas).