Distinct EEG amplitude suppression to facial gestures as evidence for a mirror mechanism in newborn monkeys

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1165-1172

  Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^a,b   Vanderwert, Ross E ^c   Paukner, Annika ^d   Bower, Seth ^d   Suomi, Stephen J ^d   Fox, Nathan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GESTURE; HAPLORHINI; MIRROR NEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84859148332     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00198     Document Type: Article

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