Understanding 'what' others do: Mirror mechanisms play a crucial role in action perception

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-259

  Avenanti, Alessio ^a,b   Urgesi, Cosimo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Polo Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958793693     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr004     Document Type: Note

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