Neural Model for the Visual Recognition of Goal-Directed Movements

  • Authors:
  • Falk Fleischer;Antonino Casile;Martin A. Giese

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany;Dept. of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany;Dept. of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany and School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK

  • Venue:
  • ICANN '08 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Part II
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Mirror neurons in monkey premotor cortex of are active during the motor planning and the visual observation of actions. These neurons have recently received a vast amount of interest in cognitive neuroscience and have been discussed as potential basis of imitation learning and the understanding of actions. We present a model that explains visual properties of mirror neurons without a reconstruction of the three-dimensional structure of action and object. The proposed model is based on a small number of physiologically well-established principles. In addition, it postulates novel neural mechanisms for the integration of information about object and effector movement, which can be tested in electrophysiological experiments.