The Human Mirror Neuron System, Social Control, and Language

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 183-205

  Liew, Sook Lei ^a   Aziz Zadeh, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior Frontal Gyrus; Mirror Neuron; Mirror Neuron System; Sign Language; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925016208     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4473-8_14     Document Type: Chapter

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