Neurophysiological bases underlying the organization of intentional actions and the understanding of others' intention

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1095-1104

  Bonini, Luca ^a   Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^b   Fogassi, Leonardo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action organization; Mirror neurons; Monkey; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION ORGANIZATION; MIRROR NEURONS; MONKEY; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INTENTION; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84884162990     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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