“…In spoken discourse, for example, a natural tendency to imitate what one hears must be suppressed to sustain effective communication. A compulsive tendency to repeat heard utterances, known as echolalia, is sometimes observed, and attributed to frontal lobe deficits (e.g., Grossi et al, 2013;Cho et al, 2009). A number of studies have shown that when people are instructed to make simple finger movements in response to neutral cues, their movements are inhibited when videos of incompatible movements are presented simultaneously with the cues (e.g., Cross et al, 2013;Stürmer et al, 2000).…”