Seeing minds: A neurophilosophical investigation of the role of perception-action coupling in social perception

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-423

  Gangopadhyay, Nivedita ^a   Schilbach, Leonhard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action; Action control; Perception; Social cognition; Social gaze; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864226203     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.633754     Document Type: Article

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