What type of action understanding is subserved by mirror neurons?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 540, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-61

  Sinigaglia, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Goal ascription; Mirror neurons; Motor cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; MIRROR NEURON; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84876328769     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.016     Document Type: Review

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