Neural Circuits Involved in the Recognition of Actions Performed by Nonconspecifics: An fMRI Study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-126

  Buccino, Giovanni ^a   Lui, Fausta ^b   Canessa, Nicola ^a   Patteri, Ilaria ^a   Lagravinese, Giovanna ^a   Benuzzi, Francesca ^b   Porro, Carlo A ^c   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONKEY; MOUTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOGS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH; NERVE NET; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642503303     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904322755601     Document Type: Article

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