Understanding actions and the intentions of others: The basic neural mechanism

European Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-222

  Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a   Destro, Maddalena Fabbri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

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CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 34250010297     PISSN: 10627987     EISSN: 14740575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1062798707000221     Document Type: Article

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