Watch how to do it! New advances in learning by observation

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-264

  Petrosini, Laura ^a,b   Graziano, Alessandro ^a,b   Mandolesi, Laura ^b   Neri, Paola ^a,b   Molinari, Marco ^b,c   Leggio, Maria G ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Explorative strategies; Imitation; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; TRAINING;

EID: 0038730793     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(03)00176-0     Document Type: Review

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