Is motor cortex deactivation during action observation related to imitation in infancy? A commentary on Köster et al., 2020
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Is motor cortex deactivation during action observation related to imitation in infancy? A commentary on Köster et al., 2020. / de Klerk, Carina C. J. M.; Kampis, Dora.
In: NeuroImage, Vol. 234, 117848, 2021, p. 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Is motor cortex deactivation during action observation related to imitation in infancy?
T2 - A commentary on Köster et al., 2020
AU - de Klerk, Carina C. J. M.
AU - Kampis, Dora
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Sensorimotor alpha suppression is present both during the observation and execution of actions, and is a commonly used tool to investigate neural mirroring in infancy. Köster et al. (2020) used this measure to investigate infants’ motor cortex activation during the observation of action demonstrations and its relationship to subsequent imitation of these actions. Contrary to what is implied in the paper and to common findings in the literature, the study's results appear to suggest that the motor system was deactivated during the observation of the actions, and that greater deactivation during action observation was associated with a greater tendency to copy the action. Here we present potential methodological explanations for these unexpected findings and discuss them in relation to common recommendations in the field.
AB - Sensorimotor alpha suppression is present both during the observation and execution of actions, and is a commonly used tool to investigate neural mirroring in infancy. Köster et al. (2020) used this measure to investigate infants’ motor cortex activation during the observation of action demonstrations and its relationship to subsequent imitation of these actions. Contrary to what is implied in the paper and to common findings in the literature, the study's results appear to suggest that the motor system was deactivated during the observation of the actions, and that greater deactivation during action observation was associated with a greater tendency to copy the action. Here we present potential methodological explanations for these unexpected findings and discuss them in relation to common recommendations in the field.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - sensorimotor alpha suppression
KW - Mu supression
KW - Imitation
KW - Infancy
KW - EEG
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117848
DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117848
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 33582275
VL - 234
SP - 2
JO - NeuroImage
JF - NeuroImage
SN - 1053-8119
M1 - 117848
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