Action observation in the infant brain: The role of body form and motion

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-30

  Grossmann, Tobias ^a   Cross, Emily S ^a,b,c   Ticini, Luca F ^a   Daum, Moritz M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action; Infancy; NIRS; Premotor cortex; Temporal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872569306     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.696077     Document Type: Article

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