Observing actions made by others activates the cortical circuits responsible for the planning and execution of those same actions This observation–execution matching system (mirror-neuron system) is thought to play an important role in the understanding of actions made by others In an fMRI experiment, we tested whether this system also becomes active during the processing of action-related sentences Participants listened to sentences describing actions performed with the mouth, the hand, or the leg Abstract sentences of comparable syntactic structure were used as control stimuli The results showed that listening to action-related sentences activates a left fronto-parieto-temporal network that includes the pars opercularis of the inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's area), those sectors of the premotor cortex where the actions described are motorically coded, as well as the inferior parietal lobule, the intraparietal sulcus, and the posterior middle temporal gyrus These data provide the first direct evidence that listening to sentences that describe actions engages the visuomotor circuits which subserve action execution and observation

Listening to Action-related Sentences Activates Fronto-parietal Motor Circuits

Listening to Action-related Sentences Activates Fronto-parietal Motor Circuits J. Cogn. Neurosci. 2005 17: 273-281

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Listening to action-related sentences modulates the activity of the motor system: A combined TMS and behavioral study

We present behavioral and anatomical evidence for a multi-component reading system in which different components are differentially weighted depending on culture-specific demands of orthography Italian orthography is consistent, enabling reliable conversion of graphemes to phonemes to yield correct pronunciation of the word English orthography is inconsistent, complicating mapping of letters to word sounds In behavioral studies, Italian students showed faster word and non-word reading than English students In two PET studies, Italians showed greater activation in left superior temporal regions associated with phoneme processing In contrast, English readers showed greater activations, particularly for non-words, in left posterior inferior temporal gyrus and anterior inferior frontal gyrus, areas associated with word retrieval during both reading and naming tasks

A cultural effect on brain function.

In this paper we synthesise the theoretical model about mathematical cognition and instruction that we have been developing in the past years, which provides conceptual and methodological tools to pose and deal with research problems in mathematics education. Following Steiner's Theory of Mathematics Education Programme, this theoretical framework is based on elements taken from diverse disciplines such as anthropology, semiotics and ecology. We also assume complementary elements from different theoretical models used in mathematics education to develop a unified approach to didactic phenomena that takes into account their epistemological, cognitive, socio cultural and instructional dimensions.

The Onto-Semiotic Approach to Research in Mathematics

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