Control of imitation and social cognition: the interaction of motor mirroring and theory of mind Ghent University
Recent work based on ideomotor theory and Ihe discovery of the mirror neuron system has suggested that Ihe observalion
of an action is associated with Ihe aclivalion of the corresponding motor representation in the observer. In accordance with
this hypothesis it has been demonstrated that observing an action interferes with one's own actions when these are different
from those being observed. This. however. ...