A key function of ventral premotor cortex is to
a. facilitate the performance of a series of movements.
b. allow primates to use visual cues to imitate the motor actions of others.
c. evoke the desire to perform a movement.
d. allow an organism to learn to respond with a specific movement to a nonarbitrary visual cue.
e. dampen overactivity of the basal ganglia.
Answer: b. allow primates to use visual cues to imitate the motor actions of others.
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