Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. Describes the emerging field of motor cognition. Discusses how actions determine the sense of being an agent, how consciousness of action is part of self-consciousness, and more. For psychologists and neuropsychologists. Softcover, hardcover available. DNLM: Brain - Physiology
Marc Jeannerod, born in Lyon, France. Doctor in Medicine (1965), Thesis in Lyon, on sleep mechanisms. Post-doc at the Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles (California). Professor in Physiology at the University Claude Bernard, Lyon. Runs his own lab on sensory-motor coordination, until 1997. 1997-2005: Founder and Director of the Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon. In this Institute, works on the mechanisms of the generation of actions Member, Academie des Sciences.
Foreword
v
Acknowledgements
viii
1 Representations for Actions
1
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1.1 Definitions
1
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1.2 Neural models of action representations
8
(8)
1.3 Functional models of action representations
16
(7)
2 Imagined Actions as a Prototypical Form of Action Representation
23
(22)
2.1 The kinematic content of motor images
24
(4)
2.2 Dynamic changes in physiological parameters during motor imagery
28
(4)
2.3 The functional anatomy of motor images
32
(9)
2.4 The consequences of the embodiment of action representations
41
(4)
3 Consciousness of Self-produced Actions and Intentions
45
(26)
3.1 Consciousness of actions
45
(13)
3.2 Consciousness of intentions
58
(13)
4 The Sense of Agency and the Self–Other Distinction
71
(28)
4.1 Sense of ownership and sense of agency in self-identification
72
(10)
4.2 The nature of the mechanism for self-identification
82
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4.3 The problem of the self–other distinction
87
(4)
4.4 Failure of self-recognition/attribution mechanisms in pathological states
91
(8)
5 How Do We Perceive and Understand the Actions of Others
99
(30)
5.1 The perception of faces and bodies
99
(4)
5.2 The perception of biological motion
103
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5.3 The understanding of others' actions
106
(9)
5.4 Functional implications of the mirror system in motor cognition
115
(6)
5.5 The role of the mirror system in action imitation
121
(8)
6 The Simulation Hypothesis of Motor Cognition
129
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6.1 Motor simulation. A hypothesis for explaining action representations
130
(13)
6.2 Motor simulation and social cognition
143
(8)
6.3 Motor simulation and language understanding
151
(14)
Concluding Remarks
165
(8)
References
173
(26)
Author Index
199
(8)
Subject Index
207
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