Mirror neurons, the motor system and language: From the motor theory to embodied cognition and beyond

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1403-1416

  Venezia, Jonathan H ^a   Hickok, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 73149099658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2009.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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