1: Representations for actions
1.1: Definitions
1.2: Neural models of action representations
1.3: Functional models of action representation
2: Imagined actions as a prototypical form of action representation
2.1: The kinematic content of motor images
2.2: Dynamic changes in physiological parameters during motor imagery
2.3: The functional anatomy of motor images
2.4: The consequences of the embodiment of action representations
3: Consciousness of self-produced actions and intentions
3.1: Consciousness of actions
3.2: Consciousness of intentions
4: The sense of agency and the self/other distinction
4.1: Sense of ownership and sense of agency in self-identification
4.2: The nature of the mechanism for self-identification
4.3: The problem of the self/other distinction
4.4: Failure of self-recognition/attribution mechanisms in pathological states
5: How do we perceive and understand the actions of others
5.1: The perception of faces and bodies
5.2: The perception of biological motion
5.3: The understanding of others' actions
5.4: Functional implications of the mirror system in motor cognition
5.5: The role of the mirror system in action imitation
6: The simulation hypothesis of motor cognition
6.1: Motor simulation: a hypothesis for explaining action representations
6.2: Motor cognition and social cognition
6.3: Motor simulation and language understanding
Conclusion

Marc Jeannerod , Emeritus Professor, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France

Marc Jeannerod, born in Lyon, France. Doctor in Medicine (1965), Thesis in Lyon, on sleep mechanisms. Post-doc at the Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles (California). Professor in Physiology at the University Claude Bernard, Lyon. Runs his own lab on sensory-motor coordination, until 1997. 1997-2005: Founder and Director of the Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon. In this Institute, works on the mechanisms of the generation of actions Member, Académie des Sciences.