The smoke around mirror neurons: Goals as sociocultural and emotional organizers of perception and action in learning

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Immordino Yang, Mary Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 65349121256     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2008.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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