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Action Observation and Synchronization

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Charlotte Caucheteux
Meta (Israel)
2
Erin M. Kunz
Neurosciences Institute
3
Linoy Schwartz
Brandman University
4
Mateo Vélez‐Fort
Sainsbury Laboratory
5
Alkis M. Hadjiosif
Massachusetts General Hospital
6
Francesca Lanzarini
Unknown
7
Emma Templeton
Dartmouth College
8
Gregg A. Castellucci
NYU Langone Health
9
Sergio Torres–Martínez
Universidad de Antioquia
10
Dominik Gall
University of Würzburg

Papers

1
Generation WhatsApp: inter-brain synchrony during face-to-face and texting communication
Scientific Reports|2024
28 cit.
2
Embodied human language models vs. Large Language Models, or why Artificial Intelligence cannot explain the modal be able to
Biosemiotics|2024
13 cit.
3
Sensitive infant care tunes a frontotemporal interbrain network in adolescence
Scientific Reports|2024
11 cit.
4
Stimulation of caudal inferior and middle frontal gyri disrupts planning during spoken interaction
Current Biology|2024
10 cit.
5
The cerebellum acts as the analog to the medial temporal lobe for sensorimotor memory
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
8 cit.
6
<i>Agentive Cognitive Construction Grammar</i>: a predictive semiotic theory of mind and language
Semiotica|2024
7 cit.
7
Dehumanizing the human, humanizing the machine: organic consciousness as a hallmark of the persistence of the human against the backdrop of artificial intelligence
AI & Society|2025
7 cit.
8
Empathy aligns brains in synchrony
iScience|2025
7 cit.
9
<i>Semiosic Translation</i>: a Bayesian-heuristic theory of translation and translating
Language and Semiotic Studies|2024
6 cit.
10
Embodied essentialism in the reconstruction of the animal sign in robot animal design
Biosystems|2024
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Ning Hao
East China Normal University
2
Nico U.F. Dosenbach
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
3
Jean-Rémi King
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4
H. Henrik Ehrsson
Karolinska Institutet
5
Emily Mayberry
University of Manchester
6
Suzanne Dikker
Ghent University Hospital
7
Ivan Herreros
Pompeu Fabra University
8
Samuel P. L. Veissière
Université du Québec à Montréal
9
Larraitz Zumeta
University of the Basque Country
10
Yafeng Pan
Zhejiang University

Papers

1
Reproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals
Nature|2022
2k cit.
2
A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex
Nature|2023
587 cit.
3
Brains and algorithms partially converge in natural language processing
Communications Biology|2022
315 cit.
4
Evidence of a predictive coding hierarchy in the human brain listening to speech
Nature Human Behaviour|2023
294 cit.
5
Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain
Nature|2024
237 cit.
6
Decoding speech perception from non-invasive brain recordings
Nature Machine Intelligence|2023
197 cit.
7
Deep language algorithms predict semantic comprehension from brain activity
Scientific Reports|2022
91 cit.
8
The Temporal Dynamics of Brain-to-Brain Synchrony Between Students and Teachers Predict Learning Outcomes
Psychological Science|2023
82 cit.
9
A Nudge-Based Intervention to Reduce Problematic Smartphone Use: Randomised Controlled Trial
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction|2022
77 cit.
10
Predictive attenuation of touch and tactile gating are distinct perceptual phenomena
iScience|2022
73 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Patrick Haggard
University College London
2
Jean Decety
University of Chicago
3
Chris Frith
University of London
4
Mitsuo Kawato
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
5
Daniel M. Wolpert
Columbia University
6
Wolfgang Prinz
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology
7
Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Italian Institute of Technology
8
Leonardo Fogassi
University of Parma
9
Mel Slater
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
10
Reza Shadmehr
Johns Hopkins University

Papers

1
Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions
Cognitive Brain Research|1996
4.8k cit.
2
Empathy for Pain Involves the Affective but not Sensory Components of Pain
Science|2004
3.9k cit.
3
An Internal Model for Sensorimotor Integration
Science|1995
3.6k cit.
4
Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2000
3.2k cit.
5
A Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments (FIVE): Speculations on the Role of Presence in Virtual Environments
PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality|1997
2.9k cit.
6
Adaptive representation of dynamics during learning of a motor task
Journal of Neuroscience|1994
2.7k cit.
7
Signal-dependent noise determines motor planning
Nature|1998
2.5k cit.
8
Place illusion and plausibility can lead to realistic behaviour in immersive virtual environments
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2009
2.5k cit.
9
Development and neurophysiology of mentalizing
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2003
2.3k cit.
10
Forward Models for Physiological Motor Control
Neural Networks|1996
2.3k cit.

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