Controlling automatic imitative tendencies: Interactions between mirror neuron and cognitive control systems

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 493-504

  Cross, Katy A ^a   Torrisi, Salvatore ^a,b   Reynolds Losin, Elizabeth A ^a   Iacoboni, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic imitation; Cognitive control; Dynamic causal modeling; FMRI; Mirror neuron system; Spatial compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC IMITATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; NORMAL HUMAN; PARS OPERCULARIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRONTAL LOBE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; NERVE NET; REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880936891     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.060     Document Type: Article

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