Understanding Activation Patterns in Shared Circuits: Toward a Value Driven Model

Autor: Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, Emily Kilroy, Giorgio Corcelli
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol 12 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-5161
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00180
Popis: Over the past decade many studies indicate that we utilize our own motor system to understand the actions of other people. This mirror neuron system (MNS) has been proposed to be involved in social cognition and motor learning. However, conflicting findings regarding the underlying mechanisms that drive these shared circuits make it difficult to decipher a common model of their function. Here we propose adapting a “value-driven” model to explain discrepancies in the human mirror system literature and to incorporate this model with existing models. We will use this model to explain discrepant activation patterns in multiple shared circuits in the human data, such that a unified model may explain reported activation patterns from previous studies as a function of value.
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