Understanding mirror neurons: A bio-robotic approach

Interaction Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-232

  Metta, Giorgio ^a   Sandini, Giulio ^a   Natale, Lorenzo ^a   Craighero, Laila ^b   Fadiga, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action recognition; Mirror neurons; Neurophysiology; Robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949144240     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.7.2.06met     Document Type: Article

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