Reflections on mirror neurons and speech perception

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Lotto, Andrew J ^a   Hickok, Gregory S ^b   Holt, Lori L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRROR NEURONS; ONE-TO-ONE MAPPINGS; SPEECH PERCEPTIONS;

MIRRORS; NEURONS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 61349148717     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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