Neural mirroring mechanisms and imitation in human infants

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1644, 2014, Pages

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

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Imitation; Infancy; Mu rhythm; Neural mirroring

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NEUROLOGY; ONTOGENY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84899622513     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0620     Document Type: Review

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