Modeling Overlapping Execution/Observation Brain Pathways

Abstract

Recent brain imaging studies on primates revealed that a network of brain areas is activated both during observation and during execution of movements. The present work aims at modeling this group of areas, implementing a distributed computational system. The modeling process follows the agent-based coevolutionary framework that is very effective in terms of designing complex distributed systems addressing successfully the multi-modality of the interacting regions. The implemented model is successfully embedded in a simulated humanoid robot, replicating existing biological findings.