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@article{citeulike:2328905, abstract = {Complex human behavior is organized around temporally distal outcomes. Behavioral studies based on tasks such as normal prehension, multi-step object use and imitation establish the existence of relative hierarchies of motor control. The retrieval errors in apraxia also support the notion of a hierarchical model for representing action in the brain. In this review, three functional brain imaging studies of action observation using the method of repetition suppression are used to identify a putative neural architecture that supports action understanding at the level of kinematics, object centered goals and ultimately, motor outcomes. These results, based on observation, may match a similar functional-anatomic hierarchy for action planning and execution. If this is true, then the findings support a functional-anatomic model that is distributed across a set of interconnected brain areas that are differentially recruited for different aspects of goal-oriented behavior, rather than a homogeneous mirror neuron system for organizing and understanding all behavior.}, address = {Department of Psychology, Room 3837, Building 251, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States. grafton@psych.ucsb.edu}, author = {Grafton, S. T. and Hamilton, A. F.}, citeulike-article-id = {2328905}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2007.05.009}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17706312}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17706312}, doi = {10.1016/j.humov.2007.05.009}, issn = {0167-9457}, journal = {Hum Mov Sci}, keywords = {mirrorneuron}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {590--616}, posted-at = {2008-02-04 09:43:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Evidence for a distributed hierarchy of action representation in the brain.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2007.05.009}, volume = {26}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2328905 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2328905 N2 - Complex human behavior is organized around temporally distal outcomes. Behavioral studies based on tasks such as normal prehension, multi-step object use and imitation establish the existence of relative hierarchies of motor control. The retrieval errors in apraxia also support the notion of a hierarchical model for representing action in the brain. In this review, three functional brain imaging studies of action observation using the method of repetition suppression are used to identify a putative neural architecture that supports action understanding at the level of kinematics, object centered goals and ultimately, motor outcomes. These results, based on observation, may match a similar functional-anatomic hierarchy for action planning and execution. If this is true, then the findings support a functional-anatomic model that is distributed across a set of interconnected brain areas that are differentially recruited for different aspects of goal-oriented behavior, rather than a homogeneous mirror neuron system for organizing and understanding all behavior. IS - 4 JF - Hum Mov Sci SN - 0167-9457 AD - Department of Psychology, Room 3837, Building 251, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States. grafton@psych.ucsb.edu EP - 616 TI - Evidence for a distributed hierarchy of action representation in the brain. VL - 26 SP - 590 KW - mirrorneuron AU - Grafton, ST AU - Hamilton, AF PY - 2007/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2007.05.009 ER -