Action mirroring and action understanding: An ideomotor and attentional account

Psychological Research

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 760-767

  Paulus, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84867567285     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0385-9     Document Type: Article

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