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Action Execution

Action Execution is a neurocognitive process within the domain of sensory-motor integration that refers to the translation of motor intentions into coordinated muscle activity, distinguished from related processes by its role in implementing specific, goal-directed movements through the activation of efferent neural pathways.

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Action recognition in the premotor cortex

Vittorio Gallese, Luciano Fadiga, Leonardo Fogassi et al. · Brain · 1996 · 4.9K citations · Full text

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Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study

Luciano Fadiga, Leonardo Fogassi, Giovanni Pavesi et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1995 · 2.3K citations

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Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study

Giovanni Buccino, Ferdinand Binkofski, Gereon R. Fink et al. · European Journal of Neuroscience · 2001 · 2.3K citations

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Grasping the Intentions of Others with One's Own Mirror Neuron System

Marco Iacoboni, Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, Vittorio Gallese et al. · PLoS Biology · 2005 · 2K citations · Full text

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Parietal Lobe: From Action Organization to Intention Understanding

Leonardo Fogassi, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Benno Gesierich et al. · Science · 2005 · 2K citations

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  1. LF
    Leonardo Fogassi

    University of Parma, Italy

    15 publications · 13.6K citations

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  2. WP
    Wolfgang Prinz

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    15 publications · 3.7K citations

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  3. BH
    Bernhard Hommel

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    16 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. HB
    Harold Bekkering

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. VG
    Vittorio Gallese

    University of Parma, Italy

    11 publications · 12.5K citations

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  1. University of Parma

    Parma, Italy

    29 h-index

    110 publications

    60.4K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    77 publications

    7.8K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    27 h-index

    59 publications

    8.9K citations

  4. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    22 h-index

    80 publications

    6.2K citations

  5. Italian Institute of Technology

    Genoa, Italy

    21 h-index

    53 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    21 h-index

    40 publications

    7.2K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    62 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Fondazione Santa Lucia

    Rome, Italy

    16 h-index

    47 publications

    2.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    28 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. NeuroImage

    24 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. Cerebral Cortex

    23 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

    22 publications · 1.5K citations

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