Mirror neurons, gestures and language evolution

Interaction Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-363

  Fogassi, Leonardo ^a   Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Gesture; Language evolution; Mirror neurons; Monkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747384359     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.5.3.03fog     Document Type: Article

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