A neuroscientific grasp of concepts: From control to representation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1435, 2003, Pages 1231-1240

  Gallese, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concepts; Mirror neurons; Monkeys; Naturalization

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0012686653     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1315     Document Type: Review

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