The mirror neuron system as revealed through neonatal imitation: Presence from birth, predictive power and evidence of plasticity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1644, 2014, Pages

  Simpson, Elizabeth A ^a,d   Murray, Lynne ^b,c   Paukner, Annika ^d   Ferrari, Pier F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mother infant interaction; Mu suppression; Neonatal imitation; Newborn; Sensorimotor; Social development

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEONATE; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 84899633265     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0289     Document Type: Review

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