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TY - JOUR AU - Newman-Norlund, Roger D AU - van Schie, Hein T AU - van Zuijlen, Alexander M J AU - Bekkering, Harold PY - 2007 DA - 2007/07/01 TI - The mirror neuron system is more active during complementary compared with imitative action JO - Nature Neuroscience SP - 817 EP - 818 VL - 10 IS - 7 AB - We assessed the role of the human mirror neuron system (MNS) in complementary actions using functional magnetic resonance imaging while participants prepared to execute imitative or complementary actions. The BOLD signal in the right inferior frontal gyrus and bilateral inferior parietal lobes was greater during preparation of complementary than during imitative actions, suggesting that the MNS may be essential in dynamically coupling action observation to action execution. SN - 1546-1726 UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1911 DO - 10.1038/nn1911 ID - Newman-Norlund2007 ER -