RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evidence of Mirror Neurons in Human Inferior Frontal Gyrus
JF The Journal of Neuroscience
JO J. Neurosci.
FD Society for Neuroscience
SP 10153
OP 10159
DO 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2668-09.2009
VO 29
IS 32
A1 Kilner, James M.
A1 Neal, Alice
A1 Weiskopf, Nikolaus
A1 Friston, Karl J.
A1 Frith, Chris D.
YR 2009
UL http://www.jneurosci.org/content/29/32/10153.abstract
AB There is much current debate about the existence of mirror neurons in humans. To identify mirror neurons in the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) of humans, we used a repetition suppression paradigm while measuring neural activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Subjects either executed or observed a series of actions. Here we show that in the IFG, responses were suppressed both when an executed action was followed by the same rather than a different observed action and when an observed action was followed by the same rather than a different executed action. This pattern of responses is consistent with that predicted by mirror neurons and is evidence of mirror neurons in the human IFG.