Exam 11: Motor Cognition and Mental Simulation

Areas of the brain involved in motor anticipation include the SMA,parietal cortex,____________,and ___________.

A representation of a sequence of movements planned in advance of an actual performance is a _____________.

___________ is the ability to understand the intent of an observed action and then to reproduce it.

Yue and Cole (1992)showed that motor imagery training can _____________.

Neurons that discharge when a motor plan is executed and when the action of another is observed are known as _____________.

Activation of the _______________ and ______________ corticies indicates that we are imagining about others instead of ourselves.

Neuroimaging studies have identified the ________ as an important area of the brain for processing biological motion.

When imitating behavior,the goals of the behavior (goal state)are processed in the ________________.

____________ link perception and action.

______________ distinguish(es)imitation from mimicry.

Less precise movements are processed in ______.

A(n)___________ is a series of _______________.