Motor Activation During the Prediction of Nonexecutable Actions in Infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 828-835

  Southgate, Victoria ^a   Begus, Katarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action understanding; goals; infant development; neuroimaging; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878787466     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612459766     Document Type: Article

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