Observation-Related Activity in Human Motor Cortex Increases with Effector Anthropomorphicity
Jacob T. Gusman, Zoe C. Beckman, Tyler S. Singer-Clark, Angelique Christine Paulk, Anastasia Kapitonava, Tommy Hosman, Shane B. Allcroft, Alexander J. Acosta, Claire Nicolas, Daniel B. Rubin, John P. Donoghue, Carlos E. Vargas-Irwin, Leigh R. Hochberg
The paper investigates how motor cortex activity changes during observation of different anthropomorphic effectors, finding increased neural modulation with greater human-likeness of the observed agents.
bioRxiv · Apr 28, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience