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Matthew Scott
@mattscott93.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Texas A&M.
Motor learning, imagery, observation & imitation.
Within the article new avenues of research are proposed, and implications for AO and MI of differing actions (conflicting AOMI) discussed. See below!

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August 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Through updating of MI (the forward model) with the observed kinematics, and reduction of sensory prediction errors, activity reduces and behavior becomes more similar to the observed action. With this, opportunity for the illusion of agency increases.

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August 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In AOMI of congruent kinematic information, MI provides expected kinesthetic information while AO provides kinematic information through perception. Action similarities between AO and MI affords the association of multisensory information, and error detection

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August 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Situated in an internal modeling framework, the SCH reframes the roles of AO and MI as predictive processes, with MI being akin to the forward model, and there being an experience or instruction dependent involvement of the forward model in AO.

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August 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
SCH instead proposes increased activity and enhanced movement outcomes to be driven by prediction errors, generated through contrasting observer (imagined kinematics) and actor kinematics (observed kinematics).

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August 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Previous hypotheses suggest the increased motor-related activity and enhanced behavioral outcomes are driven by either the coalescence of AO and MI representations, or primarily from MI.

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August 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM