About the Authors

Thierry Chaminade

tchamina@gmail.com

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Mediterranean Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience (INCM), Aix-Marseille University – CNRS, Marseille, France

Massimiliano Zecca

Affiliations Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care (ASMeW), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Humanoid Robotics Institute (HRI), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Italy-Japan Joint Laboratory on Humanoid and Personal Robotics “RoboCasa”, Tokyo, Japan

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Affiliation University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Atsuo Takanishi

Affiliations Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care (ASMeW), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Humanoid Robotics Institute (HRI), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Italy-Japan Joint Laboratory on Humanoid and Personal Robotics “RoboCasa”, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Chris D. Frith

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University Hospital, Århus, Denmark

Silvestro Micera

Affiliations Italy-Japan Joint Laboratory on Humanoid and Personal Robotics “RoboCasa”, Tokyo, Japan, Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory (ARTS Lab), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, Neuroprosthesis Control Group, Institute for Automation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland

Paolo Dario

Affiliations Italy-Japan Joint Laboratory on Humanoid and Personal Robotics “RoboCasa”, Tokyo, Japan, Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory (ARTS Lab), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy

Giacomo Rizzolatti

Affiliations Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Fisiologia, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Brain Center for Social and Motor Cognition, Parma, Italy

Vittorio Gallese

Affiliations Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Fisiologia, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Brain Center for Social and Motor Cognition, Parma, Italy

Maria Alessandra Umiltà

Affiliations Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Fisiologia, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Brain Center for Social and Motor Cognition, Parma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC SJB AT CDF SM GR VG MAU. Performed the experiments: TC. Analyzed the data: TC SJB CDF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ AT VG MAU. Wrote the paper: TC SJB CDF VG MAU. Initiated the project: AT SM PD GR VG MAU.