Abstract
Unconvincing statistical and functional inferences: reply to Catmur.
Highlights
In a recent commentary published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Catmur (2014) raises several important questions for discussion about a study we published earlier this year (Michael et al, 2014)
The results revealed a double dissociation: Participants were less accurate in recognizing pantomimed hand actions after receiving continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) over the hand area than over the lip area and less accurate in recognizing pantomimed mouth actions after receiving cTBS over the lip area than over the hand area
An intermediate task required them to select which of three objects complemented a brief video of a pantomimed action, probing their ability to identify the proximal goal of an observed action
Summary
In a recent commentary published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Catmur (2014) raises several important questions for discussion about a study we published earlier this year (Michael et al, 2014). As Catmur observes, a further aim of the study was to shed light upon the specific functional role of the targeted premotor neural populations, i.e., whether they contribute to action understanding by encoding kinematic information about observed actions, or by encoding the proximal or distal goals (e.g., to grasp a cup or to drink) of those actions.
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