You'll never crawl alone: Neurophysiological evidence for experience-dependent motor resonance in infancy
Publication year
2008Source
NeuroImage, 43, 4, (2008), pp. 808-814ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Organization
SW OZ DCC CO
SW OZ BSI SCP
Former Organization
SW OZ NICI CO
Journal title
NeuroImage
Volume
vol. 43
Issue
iss. 4
Page start
p. 808
Page end
p. 814
Subject
Action, intention, and motor control; Behaviour Change and Well-being; DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 2: Perception, Action and ControlAbstract
Lately, neuroscience is showing a great interest in examining the functional and neural mechanisms which support action observation and understanding. Recent studies have suggested that our motor skills crucially affect the way in which we perceive the actions generated by others, by showing stronger motor resonance for observation of actions that are established in one’s motor repertoire. In the present study we extend previous findings that were based on expert motor skills in adults to the natural development of actions in infants. To investigate the effect of natural motor experience on motor resonance during action observation, 14- to 16-month old infants’ EEG was recorded during observation of action videos. A stronger mu- and beta-desynchronization was found for observation of crawling compared to walking videos and the size of the effect was strongly related to the infant’s own crawling experience. This suggests that already early in life one’s own action experience is closely related to how actions of others are perceived.;
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