Automatic imitation of physically impossible movements

Social Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-73

  Liepelt, Roman ^a   Brass, Marcel ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 77249171809     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2010.28.1.59     Document Type: Article

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