EEG beta desynchronization during hand goal-directed action observation in newborn monkeys and its relation to the emergence of hand motor skills

1 Title: EEG Beta desynchronization during hand goal-directed action observation in newborn 2 monkeys and its relation to the emergence of hand motor skills 3 4 Running title: EEG suppression to observed grasping actions in newborn monkeys

The Dynamics of Sensorimotor Cortical Oscillations during the Observation of Hand Movements: An EEG Study

BACKGROUND The observation of action done by others determines a desynchronization of the rhythms recorded from cortical central regions. Here, we examined whether the observation of different types of hand movements (target directed, non-target directed, cyclic and non-cyclic) elicits different EEG cortical temporal patterns. METHODOLOGY Video-clips of four types of hand movements were shown...

EEG activation differences in the pre-motor cortex and supplementary motor area between normal individuals with high and low traits of autism.

The human mirror neuron system (hMNS) is believed to provide a basic mechanism for social cognition. Event-related desynchronization (ERD) in alpha (8-12Hz) and low beta band (12-20Hz) over sensori-motor cortex has been suggested to index mirror neurons' activity. We tested whether autistic traits revealed by high and low scores on the Autistic Quotient (AQ) in the normal population are linked ...

Frequency and topography in monkey electroencephalogram during action observation: possible neural correlates of the mirror neuron system.

The observation of actions executed by others results in desynchronization of electroencephalogram (EEG) in the alpha and beta frequency bands recorded from the central regions in humans. On the other hand, mirror neurons, which are thought to be responsible for this effect, have been studied only in macaque monkeys, using single-cell recordings. Here, as a first step in a research programme ai...

Relations between infants' emerging reach-grasp competence and event-related desynchronization in EEG.

Recent reports of similar patterns of brain electrical activity (electroencephalogram: EEG) during action execution and observation, recorded from scalp locations over motor-related regions in infants and adults, have raised the possibility that two foundational abilities--controlling one's own intentional actions and perceiving others' actions--may be integrally related during ontogeny. Howeve...