Beyond simulation? Neural mechanisms for predicting the actions of others
Natalie Sebanz1
& Chris Frith2
1
Natalie Sebanz is at the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Amalienstr. 33, 80799 Munich, Germany. sebanz@psy.mpg.de
2
Chris Frith is at the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. cfrith@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
Our ability to attribute mental states such as beliefs and desires to other people has been proposed to involve simulating their mental processes in our own brains. A new imaging study shows that predicting the actions of others does involve areas in the human action control system, but not the same areas that are activated when we plan to perform the same actions ourselves.
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