Evolution of mirror systems: A simple mechanism for complex cognitive functions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-175

  Bonini, Luca ^a   Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Mirror neurons; Monkey; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 79955531846     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06002.x     Document Type: Article

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