Are automatic imitation and spatial compatibility mediated by different processes?

Journal article

Automatic imitation or "imitative compatibility" is thought to be mediated by the mirror neuron system and to be a laboratory model of the motor mimicry that occurs spontaneously in naturalistic social interaction. Imitative compatibility and spatial compatibility effects are known to depend on different stimulus dimensions-body movement topography and relative spatial position. However, it is not yet clear whether these two types of stimulus-response compatibility effect are mediated by the ...

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Authors: Cooper, R; Catmur, C; Heyes, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cognitive science
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 605-630
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01252.x
• EISSN: 1551-6709
• ISSN: 0364-0213
• Language: English
• Keywords: Computer Simulation; Mirror Neurons; Models, Neurological; Movement; Imitative Behavior; Psychomotor Performance; Space Perception; Humans; Reaction Time