AUTHOR=Fabri Mara , Pierpaoli Chiara , Foschi Nicoletta , Polonara Gabriele 

TITLE=Is the Imitative Competence an Asymmetrically Distributed Function?

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

VOLUME=15

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2021.791520

DOI=10.3389/fnsys.2021.791520

ISSN=1662-5137

ABSTRACT=<p>This study reconsiders behavioral and functional data from studies investigating the anatomical imitation (AI) and the related mental rotation (MR) competence, carried out by our group in healthy subjects, with intact interhemispheric connections, and in split-brain patients, completely or partially lacking callosal connections. The results strongly point to the conclusion that AI and MR competence requires interhemispheric communication, mainly occurring through the corpus callosum, which is the largest white matter structure in the human brain. The results are discussed in light of previous studies and of future implications.</p>