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Science 2 August 2002: Vol. 297. no. 5582, pp. 846 - 848 DOI: 10.1126/science.1070311
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Hearing Sounds, Understanding Actions: Action Representation in Mirror Neurons
Evelyne Kohler,1
Christian Keysers,1
M. Alessandra Umiltà,1
Leonardo Fogassi,2
Vittorio Gallese,1
Giacomo Rizzolatti1*
Many object-related actions can be recognized by their sound. We
found neurons in monkey premotor cortex that discharge when the animal
performs a specific action and when it hears the related sound. Most of
the neurons also discharge when the monkey observes the same action.
These audiovisual mirror neurons code actions independently of whether
these actions are performed, heard, or seen. This discovery in the
monkey homolog of Broca's area might shed light on the origin of
language: audiovisual mirror neurons code abstract contents--the
meaning of actions--and have the auditory access typical of human
language to these contents.
1 Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di
Parma, Italy.
2 Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università
di Parma, Italy.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
giacomo.rizzolatti{at}unipr.it
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