Neural mechanisms of imitation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 632-637

  Iacoboni, Marco ^a  

^a Ahmanson Lovelace Brain Mapping Center in the Department of Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; IMITATION; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURONS;

EID: 27944447248     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.10.010     Document Type: Review

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