Process versus product in social learning: Comparative diffusion tensor imaging of neural systems for action execution-observation matching in macaques, chimpanzees, and humans

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1014-1024

  Hecht, Erin E ^a,b,c   Gutman, David A ^a   Preuss, Todd M ^b,c   Sanchez, Mar M ^a,b   Parr, Lisa A ^a,b   Rilling, James K ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; evolution; imitation; mirror system; social learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876172463     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs097     Document Type: Article

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