[HTML][HTML] The cerebellum and the Mirror Neuron System: A matter of inhibition? From neurophysiological evidence to neuromodulatory implications. A narrative review

A Antonioni, EM Raho, S Straudi, E Granieri… - Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mirror neurons show activity during both the execution (AE) and observation of actions (AO).
The Mirror Neuron System (MNS) could be involved during motor imagery (MI) as well …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analytic evidence for a novel hierarchical model of conceptual processing

P Kuhnke, MC Beaupain, J Arola, M Kiefer… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conceptual knowledge plays a pivotal role in human cognition. Grounded cognition theories
propose that concepts consist of perceptual-motor features represented in modality-specific …

A speech planning network for interactive language use

GA Castellucci, CK Kovach, MA Howard III… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
During conversation, people take turns speaking by rapidly responding to their partners
while simultaneously avoiding interruption,. Such interactions display a remarkable degree …

Tool use and language share syntactic processes and neural patterns in the basal ganglia

S Thibault, R Py, AM Gervasi, R Salemme, E Koun… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Tool use is a hallmark of human evolution. Beyond its sensorimotor
components, the complexity of which has been extensively investigated, tool use affects …

Damage to Broca's area does not contribute to long-term speech production outcome after stroke

A Gajardo-Vidal, DL Lorca-Puls, P Team, H Warner… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Broca's area in the posterior half of the left inferior frontal gyrus has long been thought to be
critical for speech production. The current view is that long-term speech production outcome …

Shared and distinct functional networks for empathy and pain processing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of fMRI studies

N Fallon, C Roberts, A Stancak - Social cognitive and affective …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Empathy for pain is a complex phenomenon incorporating sensory, cognitive
and affective processes. Functional neuroimaging studies indicate a rich network of brain …

EEG-based classification of lower limb motor imagery with brain network analysis

L Gu, Z Yu, T Ma, H Wang, Z Li, H Fan - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the difference in cortical signal characteristics between the left
and right foot imaginary movements and to improve the classification accuracy of the …

Morphological evolution of language-relevant brain areas

G Gallardo, C Eichner, CC Sherwood, WD Hopkins… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Human language is supported by a cortical network involving Broca's area, which comprises
Brodmann Areas 44 and 45 (BA44 and BA45). While cytoarchitectonic homolog areas have …

Spike-timing-dependent plasticity induction reveals dissociable supplementary–and premotor–motor pathways to automatic imitation

S Turrini, F Fiori, N Bevacqua, C Saracini… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Humans tend to spontaneously imitate others' behavior, even when detrimental to the task at
hand. The action observation network (AON) is consistently recruited during imitative tasks …

Functional neuroanatomy of language without speech: An ALE meta‐analysis of sign language

PC Trettenbrein, G Papitto, AD Friederici… - Human Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sign language (SL) conveys linguistic information using gestures instead of sounds. Here,
we apply a meta‐analytic estimation approach to neuroimaging studies (N= 23; subjects …