Do mirror neurons really mirror and do they really code for action goals?

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2944-2945

  Cook, Richard ^a   Bird, Geoffrey ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATION; HUMAN; MIRROR NEURON; MOTIVATION; NOTE;

ANIMALS; GOALS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MIRROR NEURONS; OBSERVATION;

EID: 84889666103     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.05.006     Document Type: Note

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