"Do what I do" and "do how I do": Different components of imitative learning are mediated by different neural structures

Neuroscientist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-348

  Petrosini, Laura ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Imitation; Prefrontal cortex; Rats; rTMS

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PLANNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34447305739     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10738584070130040701     Document Type: Review

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