Mirroring in dance/movement therapy: Potential mechanisms behind empathy enhancement

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-184

  McGarry, Lucy M ^a   Russo, Frank A ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dance movement therapy; Emotion recognition; Empathy; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DANCING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMITATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; MIRRORING; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSIC THERAPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

EID: 79960294484     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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