Imitation and the developing social brain: Infants' somatotopic EEG patterns for acts of self and other

International Journal of Psychological Research

Volumn 6, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2013, Pages 22-29

  Marshall, Peter J ^a   Saby, Joni N ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; EEG; Imitation; Infant; Intersubjectivity; Mu rhythm; Neural mirroring; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894211522     PISSN: 20112084     EISSN: 20117922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21500/20112084.714     Document Type: Article

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