Mirror neurons through the lens of epigenetics

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 450-457

  Ferrari, Pier F ^a   Tramacere, Antonella ^a,c   Simpson, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Iriki, Atsushi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Epigenetics; Mirror neurons; Neonatal imitation; Plasticity; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; MIRROR NEURONS; NEONATAL IMITATION; SENSORIMOTOR;

MIRRORS; PLASTICITY;

NEURONS;

ADAPTATION; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAREGIVER; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACILITATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MIRROR NEURON; NATURAL SELECTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; MIRROR NEURONS; NEONATAL IMITATION; PLASTICITY; SENSORIMOTOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84882893524     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.07.003     Document Type: Review

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