A biological basis for aphasia treatment: Mirror neurons and observation-execution matching

Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-326

  Small, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77949434527     PISSN: 18977499     EISSN: 18977499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10010-009-0017-3     Document Type: Review

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