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Action Understanding

Action Understanding is a theoretical construct in cognitive neuroscience and psychology that refers to the cognitive process by which an observer infers the goals, intentions, and motor representations underlying observed actions through the activation of sensorimotor systems.

579

Publications

59.5K

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1.4K

Authors

527

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2017–2026

114

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Publications

579

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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Perception and Action Planning

Wolfgang Prinz · The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology · 1997 · 2K citations

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What do people think they're doing? Action identification and human behavior.

Robin R. Vallacher, Daniel M. Wegner · Psychological Review · 1987 · 1.8K citations

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Action recognition with trajectory-pooled deep-convolutional descriptors

Limin Wang, Yu Qiao, Xiaoou Tang · 2015 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Authors

1.4K

  1. HB
    Harold Bekkering

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    16 publications · 1K citations

    14

    h-index

  2. AF
    Antonia F. de C. Hamilton

    University College London, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 1.5K citations

    10

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  3. BH
    Bernhard Hommel

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    8 publications · 605 citations

    8

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  4. GW
    Glyn W. Humphreys

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 271 citations

    8

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  5. VG
    Vittorio Gallese

    University of Parma, Italy

    8 publications · 3.2K citations

    8

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Institutions

527

  1. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    24 h-index

    77 publications

    8.4K citations

  2. University of Parma

    Parma, Italy

    23 h-index

    74 publications

    28.6K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    45 publications

    10K citations

  4. Italian Institute of Technology

    Genoa, Italy

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    2K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    4.2K citations

  6. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    3K citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    18 publications · 801 citations

    16

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  2. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

    18 publications · 881 citations

    15

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  3. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

    14 publications · 2.6K citations

    14

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  4. Neuropsychologia

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

    14

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  5. Cerebral Cortex

    13 publications · 1.7K citations

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