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The influence of complex action knowledge on representations of novel graspable objects: Evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2007

SARAH H. CREEM-REGEHR ,
VALENTINA DILDA ,
APRIL E. VICCHRILLI ,
FREDERICK FEDERER  and
JAMES N. LEE
SARAH H. CREEM-REGEHR
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
VALENTINA DILDA
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
APRIL E. VICCHRILLI
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
FREDERICK FEDERER
Affiliation:
Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
JAMES N. LEE
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Abstract

The influence of action knowledge associated with novel objects was investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Participants were trained on complex actions associated with novel objects (“tools”) and had experience manipulating other visually similar novel objects (“shapes”). During scanning, participants viewed, imagined grasping, and imagined using the objects. Based on previous neuroimaging and neuropsychological findings, our primary goal was to examine frontal and parietal regions subserving action representations associated with visual objects, namely the left inferior parietal lobule (IPL), the left ventral premotor cortex (VPM) and the presupplementary motor cortex (pre-SMA). We predicted differences between the tool and shape stimuli, modulated also by task demands. In viewing, we found greater effect sizes in the left VPM and IPL for tools versus shapes. In grasping, there was similar activation with both object types. The largest differences existed in using, in which greater effect sizes were found for tools versus shapes in left IPL and pre-SMA, and marginally in the left VPM. We suggest that representations of tools extend beyond classically defined affordances and recruit processing about both graspability and known action plans in tasks involving visual memory, motor imagery, and motor execution. (JINS, 2007, 13, 1009–1020.)

Keywords

Parietal lobeFrontal lobeMotor cortexMotor skillsGraspPerception
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SYMPOSIA
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , November 2007 , pp. 1009 - 1020
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© 2007 The International Neuropsychological Society

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