Actions From Within



Marc Jeannerod
Institut des Sciences Cognitives
France


 Course description
  

Representation of action. Motor imagery, observation of action from other agents. Imitation
Agency, Attribution of action and self-recognition
Consciousness of action
Brain networks in relation to intention, motor imagery, agency
Disorders of volition and mis-attribution
Fonctions of the frontal lobe in action consciousness and self-recognition
Schizophrenia as a disorder of attribution and self-recognition


Reading List

Jeannerod, M. (2001) Neural simulation of action : A unifying mechanism for motor cognition. Neuroimage, 14, S103-S109.

Posada, A., Franck, N., Georgieff, N. & Jeannerod, M. (2001) Anticipating incoming events. An impaired cognitive process in schizophrenia. Cognition, 81, 209-225.

Slachewsky, A., Pillon, B., Fourneret, P. Pradat-Diehl, Jeannerod, M. & Dubois, B. (2001) Preserved adjustment but impaired awareness in a sensory-motor conflict following prefrontal lesions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13, 332-340.

Gallagher, S. & Jeannerod, M. (2002) From action to interaction. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 9, 3-26.

Vianin, P., Posada, A., Hugues, E., Franck, N., Bovet, P., Parnas, J. & Jeannerod, M. (2002) Reduced P300 amplitude in a visual recognition task in patients with schizophrenia. Neuroimage, 17, 911-921.

Farrer, C.,  Franck, N., Georgieff, N., Frith, C.D., Decety, J. & Jeannerod, M. (2003) Modulating the experience of agency: a PET study. Neuroimage,18, 324-333.

Haggard, P., Martin, F., Taylor-Clarke, M. Jeannerod, M. & Franck, N. (2003) Awareness of action in schizophrenia. Neuroreport, 14, 1081-1085.

Jeannerod, M. (2003) The mechanisms of self-recognition in humans. Behavioral Brain Research, 142, 1-15.

Slachevsky, A., Pillon, B., Fourneret, P., Renié, L., Levy, R., Jeannerod, M. & Dubois, B. (2003) The prefrontal cortex and conscious monitoring of action. An experimental study. Neuropsychologia, 41, 655-665.