@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00045623,
 author = {Takahashi, Hidehiko and Kato, Motoichiro and Sassa, Takeshi and Suhara, Tetsuya and Okubo, Yoshiro and et.al and 高橋 英彦 and 加藤 元一郎 and 佐々 毅 and 須原 哲也 and 大久保 善朗},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences},
 month = {Apr},
 note = {Aim: Neuroimaging studies on biological motion
have established the view that the posterior superior
temporal sulcus (pSTS) is involved in detecting
intention of others. Those studies have consistently
reported other regions such as body-selective extrastriate
body area (EBA) and motion-sensitive middle
temporal, in close proximity to pSTS. Whether EBA
responds only to static body parts or has a more
extended role as part of a system for inferring intention
of others has remained an elusive issue. The aim
of the present study was to investigate the role of EBA
in processing goal-directed actions.
Methods: Twelve healthy volunteers participated in
the present study. Using sports-related motions as
visual stimuli, brain activations were examined
during observation of goal-directed actions and
non-goal-directed actions on functional magnetic
resonance imaging.
Results: Compared to non-goal-directed actions,
goal-directed actions produced greater activations in
EBA along with the mirror neuron system.
Conclusions: EBA might contribute to understanding
others actions by representing the dynamic aspects of
human motions.
Key words: extrastriate body area, fMRI, goal-directed
actions, mirror neuron system, sports.},
 pages = {214--219},
 title = {Enhanced activation in the extrastriate body area by goal-directed actions},
 volume = {62},
 year = {2008}
}