Is there evidence of a mirror system from birth?: COMMENTARIES

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 526-529

  Bertenthal, Bennett I ^a,b   Longo, Matthew R ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIMATE; TIME;

ANIMALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROLOGY; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547682132     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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