The what and how of observational learning

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1656-1663

  Torriero, Sara ^a   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^a,b   Koch, Giacomo ^a,c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Petrosini, Laura ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34447329309     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.10.1656     Document Type: Article

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