What do mirror neurons mirror?

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-623

  Uithol, Sebo ^a   van Rooij, Iris ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a   Haselager, Pim ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computation; Goal inference; Mirror neurons; Representation; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052679182     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2011.562604     Document Type: Article

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