Mapping the Junction of Action Perception and Production

描述（由申请人提供）：一个人使用关于另一个人的行动的感知信息来指导和通知运动的能力对于与环境的成功互动是必不可少的，因此，对于生存来说。已经提出了几种理论来解释行为和感知如何相互通知，但这些理论是不完整的，留下了许多问题没有答案。拟议的研究的总体目标是完善现有的理论，通过检查的组成部分的作用，语言，功能经验，知觉经验的知觉运动学习，使用打结作为一个模型。通过目标#1，通过使用功能性磁共振成像（fMRI）和经颅磁刺激（TMS）的实验，寻求语言和功能体验在感知运动学习中的特定作用。在目标#2中，通过使用行为训练和测试、功能磁共振成像和经颅磁刺激来研究动作体现的神经基础。这些实验的结果将有助于构建更详细和准确的动作感知和生产模型。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): One's ability to use perceptual information about another individual's actions to guide and inform movements is essential for successful interactions with the environment, and thus, for survival. Several theories have been proposed to explain how action and perception inform one another, but these theories are incomplete and leave many questions unanswered. The overarching goal of the proposed research is to refine the extant theories through examination of the constituent roles of language, functional experience, and perceptual experience in perceptual motor learning, using knot-tying as a model. Through Aim #1, a specific role for linguistic and functional experience in perceptual motor learning is sought through experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). In Aim #2, the neural underpinnings of action embodiment are investigated through use of behavioral training and testing, fMRI, and TMS. Findings from these experiments will facilitate the construction of more detailed and accurate models of action perception and production.