Embodied cognition and the simulation of action to understand others

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1156, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-117

  Grafton, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Embodied cognition; Mirror neuron system; Parietal cortex; Simulation; Social network

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; KINEMATICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 63449141091     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04425.x     Document Type: Article

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