From grasping to complex imitation: Mirror systems on the path to language

Mind and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-64

  Arbib, Michael A ^a,b   Bonaiuto, James ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Imitation; Language evolution; Mirror neurons; Mirror system hypothesis; Neural models; Primate evolution; Sequential behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949096528     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-007-0041-7     Document Type: Article

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