Are mirror neurons the basis of speech perception? Evidence from five cases with damage to the purported human mirror system

Neurocase

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-187

  Rogalsky, Corianne ^a   Love, Tracy ^b,c   Driscoll, David ^d   Anderson, Steven W ^d   Hickok, Gregory ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL; PARIETAL LOBE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952520884     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.509318     Document Type: Article

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