Intentional attunement: A neurophysiological perspective on social cognition and its disruption in autism

Brain Research

Volumn 1079, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Gallese, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Embodied simulation; Intentional attunement; Mirror neuron; Shared manifold; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COGNITION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33645086874     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.01.054     Document Type: Article

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