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Extending the mirror neuron system model, I

Audible actions and invisible grasps

Biological Cybernetics volume 96, pages 9–38 (2007)Cite this article

Abstract

The paper introduces mirror neuron system II (MNS2), a new version of the MNS model (Oztop and Arbib in Biol Cybern 87 (2):116–140, 2002) of action recognition learning by mirror neurons of the macaque brain. The new model uses a recurrent architecture that is biologically more plausible than that of the original model. Moreover, MNS2 extends the capacity of the model to address data on audio-visual mirror neurons and on the response of mirror neurons when the target object was recently visible but is currently hidden.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, 3641 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    James Bonaiuto

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Edina Rosta

  3. Department of Computer Science, Neuroscience, USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Michael Arbib

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Bonaiuto, J., Rosta, E. & Arbib, M. Extending the mirror neuron system model, I. Biol Cybern 96, 9–38 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-006-0110-8

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Keywords

  • Mirror Neuron
  • Hide Unit
  • Output Unit
  • Mirror Neuron System
  • Recurrent Network