Language comprehension warps the mirror neuron system

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Zarr, Noah ^a   Ferguson, Ryan ^a   Glenberg, Arthur M ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Language comprehension; Mirror neurons; Motor system; Neural adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

EID: 84890890540     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00870     Document Type: Review

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