Neural mechanisms for seeing dance

The Neurocognition of Dance: Mind, Movement and Motor Skills

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 153-176

  Calvo Merino, Beatriz ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909580319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203852637     Document Type: Chapter

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