Can syntax appear in a mirror (system)?

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 923-935

  Tettamanti, Marco ^a   Moro, Andrea ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hierarchical; Language; Mirror neuron system; Phonetics; Semantics; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND; SPEECH; SYNTAX;

EID: 84861908305     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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