The mirror mechanism: a basic principle of brain function

The Anatomy of Suffering: Understanding the Relationship between Nociceptive and Empathic Pain

(2016) Jamil Zaki et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Mirth and laughter elicited by electrical stimulation of the human anterior cingulate cortex

(2015) Fausto Caruana et al.   CORTEX

Expressing our internal states and understanding those of others

(2015) Giuseppe Di Cesare et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On a puzzle about relations between thought, experience and the motoric

(2015) Corrado Sinigaglia et al.   SYNTHESE

Ventral Premotor Neurons Encoding Representations of Action during Self and Others’ Inaction

(2014) Luca Bonini et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Functional connectivity of insular efferences

(2014) Talal Almashaikhi et al.   HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

Mirroring and the development of action understanding

(2014) A. L. Woodward et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cortical Mechanisms Underlying the Organization of Goal-Directed Actions and Mirror Neuron-Based Action Understanding

(2014) Giacomo Rizzolatti et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Do mirror neurons really mirror and do they really code for action goals?

(2013) Richard Cook et al.   CORTEX

M1 Corticospinal Mirror Neurons and Their Role in Movement Suppression during Action Observation

(2013) Ganesh Vigneswaran et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Impaired vitality form recognition in autism

(2013) Magali J. Rochat et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

How your hand drives my eyes

(2013) Marcello Costantini et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

The neural correlates of ‘vitality form’ recognition: an fMRI study

(2013) Giuseppe Di Cesare et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Cognitive and affective theory of mind share the same local patterns of activity in posterior temporal but not medial prefrontal cortex

(2013) Corrado Corradi-Dell’Acqua et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Beyond metaphor: contrasting mechanisms of social and physical pain

(2013) Gian Domenico Iannetti et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Empathy circuits

(2012) Haakon G Engen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Selectivity for grip type and action goal in macaque inferior parietal and ventral premotor grasping neurons

(2012) Luca Bonini et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Specificity of dyspraxia in children with autism.

(2012) Lindsey K. MacNeil et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Functional organization of the insula and inner perisylvian regions

(2012) A. Jezzini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emotional and Social Behaviors Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the Insula in the Macaque Monkey

(2011) Fausto Caruana et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Brain regions involved in human movement perception: A quantitative voxel-based meta-analysis

(2011) Marie-Hélène Grosbras et al.   HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

Action Observation Circuits in the Macaque Monkey Cortex

(2011) K. Nelissen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Anatomical Evidence for the Involvement of the Macaque Ventrolateral Prefrontal Area 12r in Controlling Goal-Directed Actions

(2011) E. Borra et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Brain regions with mirror properties: A meta-analysis of 125 human fMRI studies

(2011) Pascal Molenberghs et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

More than one pathway to action understanding

(2011) James M. Kilner   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

A link between the systems: functional differentiation and integration within the human insula revealed by meta-analysis

(2010) Florian Kurth et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Cortical connections of the anterior (F5a) subdivision of the macaque ventral premotor area F5

(2010) Marzio Gerbella et al.   Brain Structure & Function

State-Dependent TMS Reveals a Hierarchical Representation of Observed Acts in the Temporal, Parietal, and Premotor Cortices

(2010) L. Cattaneo et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Single-Neuron Responses in Humans during Execution and Observation of Actions

(2010) Roy Mukamel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Neurons in primary motor cortex engaged during action observation

(2010) Juliana Dushanova et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Coding Observed Motor Acts: Different Organizational Principles in the Parietal and Premotor Cortex of Humans

(2010) Jan Jastorff et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Somatosensation in social perception

(2010) Christian Keysers et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

The functional role of the parieto-frontal mirror circuit: interpretations and misinterpretations

(2010) Giacomo Rizzolatti et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain

(2010) Svenja Caspers et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Meta-analytic evidence for common and distinct neural networks associated with directly experienced pain and empathy for pain

(2010) Claus Lamm et al.   NEUROIMAGE

One’s motor performance predictably modulates the understanding of others’ actions through adaptation of premotor visuo-motor neurons

(2010) Luigi Cattaneo et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Responses of mirror neurons in area F5 to hand and tool grasping observation

(2010) Magali J. Rochat et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Expanding the mirror: vicarious activity for actions, emotions, and sensations

(2009) Christian Keysers et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Corticospinal Neurons in Macaque Ventral Premotor Cortex with Mirror Properties: A Potential Mechanism for Action Suppression?

(2009) Alexander Kraskov et al.   NEURON

Intention Understanding in Autism

(2009) Sonia Boria et al.   PLoS One

Understanding Others' Regret: A fMRI Study

(2009) Nicola Canessa et al.   PLoS One

The Observation and Execution of Actions Share Motor and Somatosensory Voxels in all Tested Subjects: Single-Subject Analyses of Unsmoothed fMRI Data

(2008) V. Gazzola et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Action Observation: Inferring Intentions without Mirror Neurons

(2008) James M. Kilner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Sound of Actions in Apraxia

(2008) Mariella Pazzaglia et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Complementary Systems for Understanding Action Intentions

(2008) Floris P. de Lange et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The role of the anterior insular cortex in ictal vomiting: A stereotactic electroencephalography study

(2008) Hélène Catenoix et al.   EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

How do we infer others' goals from non-stereotypic actions? The outcome of context-sensitive inferential processing in right inferior parietal and posterior temporal cortex

(2008) Roman Liepelt et al.   NEUROIMAGE

A Common Anterior Insula Representation of Disgust Observation, Experience and Imagination Shows Divergent Functional Connectivity Pathways

(2008) Mbemba Jabbi et al.   PLoS One

State-dependency in brain stimulation studies of perception and cognition

(2008) Juha Silvanto et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES