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Action Observation

Action Observation is a perceptual–cognitive process in which an individual visually observes actions performed by others, thereby engaging corresponding internal motor representations and associated neural circuits in the absence of overt movement execution.

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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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Cortical Mechanisms of Human Imitation

Marco Iacoboni, Roger P. Woods, Harold Bekkering et al. · Science · 1999 · 2.7K citations

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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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  1. HB
    Harold Bekkering

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    26 publications · 6.1K citations

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  2. WP
    Wolfgang Prinz

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    25 publications · 3.3K citations

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  3. LF
    Luciano Fadiga

    Italian Institute of Technology, Italy

    22 publications · 12.4K citations

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  4. UC
    Umberto Castiello

    University of Padua, Italy

    27 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Leonardo Fogassi

    University of Parma, Italy

    21 publications · 14.5K citations

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    48 h-index

    181 publications

    32.2K citations

  2. University of Parma

    Parma, Italy

    40 h-index

    209 publications

    73.6K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    35 h-index

    120 publications

    12.6K citations

  4. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    34 h-index

    157 publications

    8.6K citations

  5. Italian Institute of Technology

    Genoa, Italy

    33 h-index

    142 publications

    7.6K citations

  6. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    30 h-index

    75 publications

    6.5K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    93 publications

    5.3K citations

  8. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    74 publications

    4.9K citations

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  1. PLoS ONE

    85 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    44 publications · 5.8K citations

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  3. NeuroImage

    51 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. Cerebral Cortex

    46 publications · 5.4K citations

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  5. Experimental Brain Research

    47 publications · 2.5K citations

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