Searching for an integrated self-representation

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-367

  Molnar Szakacs, Istvan ^a,b,c   Arzy, Shahar ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Mental self; Mirror neurons; Physical self; Resting state; Temporo parietal junction; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249142708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.4.8290     Document Type: Review

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