Mirroring intentions

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Journal articles (see publications page for more details)

Thompson, E.L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2022). Mirror neuron brain regions contribute to identifying actions, but not intentions. Human Brain Mapping, 43(16): 4901-4913.

Thompson, E.L., Long, E.L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (in press). Is action understanding an automatic process? Both cognitive and perceptual processing are required for the identification of actions and intentions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Penton, T., Catmur, C., Banissy, M.J., Bird, G. & Walsh, V. (2022). Non-invasive stimulation in the social brain: the methodological challenges. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(1): 15-25.

Heyes, C. & Catmur, C. (2022). What happened to mirror neurons? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(1): 153-168.

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2019). Conceptualising and testing action understanding. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105: 106-114.

Thompson, E. L. & Catmur, C. (2018). Considering context and variability when observing other minds: Comment on "Seeing mental states: An experimental strategy for measuring the observability of other minds" by Cristina Becchio et al. Physics of Life Reviews, 24: 91-93.

Conference proceedings

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2019). The role of mirror neuron brain regions in the identification of actions, but not intentions: an fMRI study. Poster presented at British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Cambridge, 2nd-3rd September 2019. This poster won one of three poster prizes at this meeting.

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2019). Mirror neurons, action understanding and social interaction: implications for educational neuroscience. Abstract submitted to 4th International Conference on Educational Neuroscience, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10th-11th March 2019. In Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Conference Abstract: 4th International Conference on Educational Neuroscience, 12.

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2018). Determining the role of premotor cortex in two 'action understanding' processes: a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Poster presented at Understanding Others workshop, Technical University Dresden, 13th - 14th September 2018.

Catmur, C., Thompson, E. L. & Bird, G. (2018). Uncovering the role of premotor cortex in action understanding using transcranial magnetic stimulation. Paper presented at Social Communication across the Lifespan conference, University of Kent, 27th - 29th June 2018.

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2018). Determining the role of premotor cortex in two 'action understanding' processes: a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Poster presented at The Future of Social Cognition workshop, University of East Anglia, 14th – 15th June 2018.

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2017). Is attention required for identifying the intentions behind others’ actions? Uncovering the cognitive processes supporting ‘action understanding’. Poster presented at Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie Winter Conference, Egmond aan Zee, 14th – 16th December 2017.

Thompson, E. L., Bird, G. & Catmur, C. (2017). Validation of a new reaction time task targeting two action understanding processes: action identification and intention identification. Poster presented at Experimental Psychology Society meeting, University of Reading, 12th – 14th July 2017.

Invited talks

Catmur, C. (2022). What happened to mirror neurons? Investigating the role of mirror neurons in action understanding. Talk given at Institute for Advanced Study Toulouse, France, 15th March 2022.

Catmur, C. (2019). Mirroring intentions? Establishing the contribution of mirror neurons to action understanding. Talk given at Technical University Dresden, Germany, 18th December 2019.

Catmur, C. (2019). From actions to intentions: investigating the role of mirror neurons in action understanding. Talk given at University of Lille, France, 18th July 2019.