Differential role of the Mentalizing and the Mirror Neuron system in the imitation of communicative gestures

NeuroImage

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-305

  Mainieri, A G ^a,b   Heim, S ^a,b,c,d   Straube, B ^e   Binkofski, F ^d   Kircher, T ^e  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JARA TRANSLATIONAL BRAIN MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communicative intentions; Imitation; Mentalizing system; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PARS OPERCULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878875034     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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