The role of the mirror system in mapping complex sounds into actions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5847-5848

  D'Ausilio, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSIC; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOUND;

EID: 34249791162     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0979-07.2007     Document Type: Short Survey

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