caa a22 4500 445353759 CHVBK 20180317142853.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00221-011-2748-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00221-011-2748-2 Spatial dependency of action simulation [Elektronische Daten] [Arjan ter Horst, Rob van Lier, Bert Steenbergen] In this study, we investigated the spatial dependency of action simulation. From previous research in the field of single-cell recordings, grasping studies and from crossmodal extinction tasks, it is known that our surrounding space can be divided into a peripersonal space and extrapersonal space. These two spaces are functionally different at both the behavioral and neuronal level. The peripersonal space can be seen as an action space which is limited to the area in which we can grasp objects without moving the object or ourselves. The extrapersonal space is the space beyond the peripersonal space. Objects situated within peripersonal space are mapped onto an egocentric reference frame. This mapping is thought to be accomplished by action simulation. To provide direct evidence of the embodied nature of this simulated motor act, we performed two experiments, in which we used two mental rotation tasks, one with stimuli of hands and one with stimuli of graspable objects. Stimuli were presented in both peri- and extrapersonal space. The results showed increased reaction times for biomechanically difficult to adopt postures compared to more easy to adopt postures for both hand and graspable object stimuli. Importantly, this difference was only present for stimuli presented in peripersonal space but not for the stimuli presented in extrapersonal space. These results extend previous behavioral findings on the functional distinction between peripersonal- and extrapersonal space by providing direct evidence for the spatial dependency of the use of action simulation. Furthermore, these results strengthen the hypothesis that objects situated within the peripersonal space are mapped onto an egocentric reference frame by action simulation. The Author(s), 2011 Mental rotation nationallicence Hand laterality judgment task nationallicence Action simulation nationallicence Mental simulation nationallicence Motor imagery nationallicence Peripersonal space nationallicence Extrapersonal space nationallicence ter Horst Arjan Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut van Lier Rob Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut Steenbergen Bert Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 212/4(2011-08-01), 635-644 0014-4819 212:4<635 2011 212 221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2748-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2748-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- ter Horst Arjan Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Lier Rob Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Steenbergen Bert Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 212/4(2011-08-01), 635-644 0014-4819 212:4<635 2011 212 221 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer