Responses to irrational actions in action observation and mentalising networks of the human brain

Marsh, Lauren E.; Mullett, Timothy L.; Ropar, Danielle; Hamilton, Antonia F. de C.

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.020

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“…In both, observation of irrational actions led to increased activation of right parietal cortex, particularly intraparietal sulcus, and to reduced activation of mPFC (Marsh & Hamilton, 2011). In the second study, right inferior parietal lobule (IPL) and TPJ were also engaged when observing irrational actions (Marsh, Mullett, Ropar, & Hamilton, 2014c).…”

Section: Neural Mechanisms Of Imitation and Rationality Detectionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Previous studies suggest that TPJ is more active when participants observe irrational actions, possibly interpreting the intentions of the actor after IPL identifies actions as unusual (Marsh et al, 2014c). There is also right TPJ engagement when participants observe actions that are incongruent with their expectations (Pelphrey, Singerman, Allison, & McCarthy, 2003;Saxe, Xiao, Kovacs, Perrett, & Kanwisher, 2004).…”

Section: Activations When Observing Actionsmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…This allowed investigation of overimitation behavior as well as recording neural data from parietal cortex. We predicted that the right TPJ and IPL would be engaged when observing irrational actions compared with observing rational actions, as seen in Marsh et al (2014c), and these areas will be more strongly activated when imitating irrational actions.…”

Section: Current Study and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Typical adults rate curved actions as less rational than straight actions (Csibra & Gergely, 2009;Jastorff et al, 2011;Marsh et al, 2014c), so the curved actions in this task can be considered irrational. This is compatible with previous studies showing that typical adults imitate action trajectories that are considered to be irrational, therefore overimitating (Wild et al, 2009).…”

Section: Behavioral Datamentioning

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The role of parietal cortex in overimitation: a study with fNIRS

Oliver

Tachtsidis

Hamilton

2017

Social Neuroscience

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Previous studies have shown right parietal activation in response to observing irrational actions. Behavioral studies show that people sometimes imitate irrational actions, a phenomenon called overimitation. However, limitations on movement in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) mean that the neural basis of overimitation has not been studied. To address this, our study employed a less restrictive neuroimaging technique, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Measurements were taken while participants observed either rational or irrational movements before performing movements on a computerized puzzle task. Observing irrational actions produced greater activation in right anterior inferior parietal lobule (aIPL), replicating results from the fMRI literature. This is a proof of principle that fNIRS can be used as an alternative to fMRI in social cognition experiments, and that parietal cortex has a core role in responding to irrational actions. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Neural Mechanisms Of Imitation and Rationality Detectionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Activations When Observing Actionsmentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Current Study and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Behavioral Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of parietal cortex in overimitation: a study with fNIRS

Oliver

Tachtsidis

Hamilton

2017

Social Neuroscience

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“…The pattern of responses may depend to some extent on the type of actions used: irrational, implausible or unusual actions generally produce greater responses in mentalizing areas (Liepelt, Von Cramon, & Brass, 2008;Marsh, Mullett, Ropar, & Hamilton, 2014), but de Lange and colleagues (2008) found that unusual actions produced greater response in mirror areas. Note however that even in that study, when participants were asked to judge intentions, greater response was found in mentalizing areas; and even actions which are not implausible tend to produce responses in mentalizing, as well as mirror, areas when participants are asked to judge intentions (Becchio et al, 2012;Ciaramidaro, Becchio, Colle, Bara, & Walter, 2014).…”

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Understanding intentions from actions: Direct perception, inference, and the roles of mirror and mentalizing systems

Catmur

2015

Consciousness and Cognition

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This review asks whether observers can obtain information about others' intentions from observation of their actions; and if so, whether this process is performed using direct perceptual or inferential processes (prominent examples of each being the intention understanding theory of mirror neuron function, and mentalizing accounts of intention understanding, respectively). I propose four conditions that should be fulfilled in order to support a direct perception account, and suggest that only two of these conditions are supported by the existing data. I then propose and review three further sources of evidence which have the potential to inform this debate, concluding that the data do not support the direct perception account. In particular, mirror neurons may be involved in lower--level processes of action perception, but there is no evidence to support their involvement in the type of higher--level intention understanding that is proposed by the direct perception account.

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Neural processing of social interaction: Coordinate‐based meta‐analytic evidence from human neuroimaging studies

Arioli

Canessa

2019

Human Brain Mapping

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While the action observation and mentalizing networks are considered to play complementary roles in understanding others' goals and intentions, they might be concurrently engaged when processing social interactions. We assessed this hypothesis via three activation‐likelihood‐estimation meta‐analyses of neuroimaging studies on the neural processing of: (a) social interactions, (b) individual actions by the action observation network, and (c) mental states by the mentalizing network. Conjunction analyses and direct comparisons unveiled overlapping and specific regions among the resulting maps. We report quantitative meta‐analytic evidence for a “social interaction network” including key nodes of the action observation and mentalizing networks. An action–social interaction‐mentalizing gradient of activity along the posterior temporal cortex highlighted a hierarchical processing of interactions, from visuomotor analyses decoding individual and shared intentions to in‐depth inferences on actors' intentional states. The medial prefrontal cortex, possibly in conjunction with the amygdala, might provide additional information concerning the affective valence of the interaction. This evidence suggests that the functional architecture underlying the neural processing of interactions involves the joint involvement of the action observation and mentalizing networks. These data might inform the design of rehabilitative treatments for social cognition disorders in pathological conditions, and the assessment of their outcome in randomized controlled trials.

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Responses to irrational actions in action observation and mentalising networks of the human brain

Cited by 25 publications

References 48 publications

The role of parietal cortex in overimitation: a study with fNIRS

The role of parietal cortex in overimitation: a study with fNIRS

Understanding intentions from actions: Direct perception, inference, and the roles of mirror and mentalizing systems

Neural processing of social interaction: Coordinate‐based meta‐analytic evidence from human neuroimaging studies

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