Do you mean me? Communicative intentions recruit the mirror and the mentalizing system

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 909-916

  Ciaramidaro, Angela ^a   Becchio, Cristina ^b   Colle, Livia ^b   Bara, Bruno G ^b   Walter, Henrik ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communicative intentions; Mentalizing; Mirror system; Second person interaction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIRROR NEURON; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIRROR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904262400     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst062     Document Type: Article

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