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The activity of the mirror neuron system during being imitated by others 佐藤 晃裕 † ,嶋田 総太郎
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Sato, Akihiro Shimada, Sotaro |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | The mirror neuron system (MNS) is the brain areas that are activated both when performing an action and when observing the same action performed by others. It is known that human beings tend to unconsciously imitate the behavior of others, and that the individual who is imitated tends to have good impression to the imitator, which is called the chameleon effect. Using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) we investigated the activity of MNS during being imitated by the other in order to examine the relationship between MNS activity and the chameleon effect. The result showed that the activity in the left premotor cortex was significant when the subject was writing a character and watching the other writing the same or different character. We also found a significant positive correlation between the premotor activity and the subjective liking score to the other only when the subject was imitated by the other. These results suggest that the more the activity in MNS increases when the subject observed the action of the imitator, the more the subject likes the imitator. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jcss.gr.jp/meetings/JCSS2014/proceedings/pdf/JCSS2014_P1-6.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
