Action Understanding: How, What and Why

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Thioux, Marc ^a   Gazzola, Valeria ^a   Keysers, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 43449130688     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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