The Case for Motor Involvement in Perceiving Conspecifics.

Perceiving other people's behaviors activates imitative motor plans in the perceiver, but there is disagreement as to the function of this activation. In contrast to other recent proposals (e.g., that it subserves overt imitation, identification and understanding of actions, or working memory), here...

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Published in:	Psychological Bulletin Vol. 131; no. 3; pp. 460 - 474
Main Authors:	Wilson, Margaret, Knoblich, Günther
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association May 2005
Subjects:	Movement, Psychology of Imitative behavior Brain function localization
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost