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. 2021 Oct 30;3(4):fcab263. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab263

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© The Author(s) (2021). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Guarantors of Brain.

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A neurocognitive model of pantomime of tool use. This model assumes that technical reasoning (notably the left area PF), the motor-control system (notably the intraparietal sulcus), body structural description (notably the left angular gyrus), semantic knowledge (notably the polar TLs) and potentially theory of mind (notably middle prefrontal cortex) work in concert to produce pantomime. The white arrows indicate the privileged connections between the main brain areas described in the model. Three other brain regions are also represented given their potential involvement in pantomime: Inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), dorsal prefrontal cortex (dorsal PFC) and posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG).