%0 Journal Article %T Action observation network: domain-specific or domain-general? %A Wang L %A Jiang Y %J Trends Cogn Sci %V 27 %N 11 %D 2023 Nov 2 %M 37666724 %F 24.482 %R 10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.012 %X The action observation network (AON) has traditionally been thought to be dedicated to recognizing animate actions. A recent study by Karakose-Akbiyik et al. invites rethinking this assumption by demonstrating that the AON contains a shared neural code for general events, regardless of whether those events involve animate or inanimate entities.