Audiovisual mirror neurons and action recognition

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 628-636

  Keysers, C ^a   Kohler, E ^a   Umilta M A ^a   Nanetti, L ^b   Fogassi, L ^a   Gallese, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action recognition; Audiovisual mirror neurons; Monkey; Neurometric analysis; Object related actions; Ventral premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; LATENT PERIOD; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0344994351     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1603-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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