Cortical and subcortical mechanisms at the core of imitation

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-78

  Williams, Justin ^a   Whiten, Andrew ^b   Waiter, Gordon ^a   Pechey, Stephen ^c   Perrett, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INSULA; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RED NUCLEUS; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34248334205     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910701268059     Document Type: Article

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