Activity patterns of humans watching humans, monkeys or dogs biting are comparable.
These results suggest that actions made by other individuals may be recognized through different mechanisms. Actions belonging to the motor repertoire of the observer (e.g., biting and speech reading) are mapped on the observer’s motor system. Actions that do not belong to this repertoire (e.g., barking) are essentially recognized based on their visual properties.
These results are compatible with the direct matching hypothesis.
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