Functional imaging of face and hand imitation: Towards a motor theory of empathy

NeuroImage

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 601-607

  Leslie, Kenneth R ^a   Johnson Frey, Scott H ^b   Grafton, Scott T ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Empathy; Facial expression; Imitation; Mirror neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPATHY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1242293822     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.09.038     Document Type: Article

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