Inferring subjective states through the observation of actions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1748, 2012, Pages 4853-4860

  Patel, D ^a   Fleming, S M ^b,c   Kilner, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action observation; Inference; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868159729     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1847     Document Type: Article

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