?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Mirror+neuron+activity+is+no+proof+for+action+understanding.&rft.creator=Steinhorst%2C+Alina&rft.creator=Funke%2C+Joachim&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=We+focus+on+the+thesis+that+action+understanding+is+a+function+of+the+mirror+neuron+system.+According+to+our+opinion%2C+understanding+is+a+process+that+runs+through+hermeneutic+circles+from+the+%E2%80%9CVorverst%C3%A4ndnis%E2%80%9D+(%E2%80%9Cprevious+understanding%E2%80%9D)+to+steps+of+deeper+understanding.+Our+critique+relates+to+the+narrow+neuroscientific+definition+of+action+understanding+as+the+capacity+to+recognize+several+movements+as+belonging+to+one+action.+After+a+reconstruction+of+the+model's+developments%2C+we+will+challenge+the+claims+of+the+model+by+Rizzolatti+and+Sinigaglia+(2010).+By+analyzing+the+relation+between+the+experimental+results+and+its+interpretation%2C+we+will+conclude+that+there+is+no+proof+that+mirror+neuron+activity+leads+to+action+understanding.&rft.date=2014&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9833%2F1%2FSteinhorst%2520Funke%25202014%2520mirror%2520neurons.pdf&rft.identifier=++Steinhorst%2C+Alina+and+Funke%2C+Joachim++(2014)+Mirror+neuron+activity+is+no+proof+for+action+understanding.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9833%2F