The motor theory of social cognition: A critique

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Jacob, Pierre ^a   Jeannerod, Marc ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIRRORS; NEUROLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HUMAN MOTOR COGNITION; MIRROR SYSTEMS; NON-HUMAN PRIMATES; SOCIAL COGNITION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 11844294889     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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