The Developmental Trajectory from Amodal Perception to Empathy and Communication: The Role of Mirror Neurons in This Process

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 94-112

  Wolf, Nancy S ^a,b   Gales, Mary E ^a,b   Shane, Estelle ^a,b   Shane, Morton ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0035580903     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351692109348925     Document Type: Article

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