Brain and intersubjectivity: A Hegelian hypothesis on the self-other neurodynamics

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Marchetti, Igor ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Dehumanization; Hegel; Intersubjectivity; Mirror neuron system; Self concept; Self consciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; GESTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MIRROR NEURON; PHILOSOPHY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84892975515     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00011     Document Type: Article

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