Facial mimicry and the mirror neuron system: Simultaneous acquisition of facial electromyography and functional magnetic resonance imaging

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages

  Likowski, Katja U ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a   Gerdes, Antje B M ^a,b   Wieser, Matthias J ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a   Weyers, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG; fMRI; Mimicry; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BOLD SIGNAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MIMICRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MIRROR NEURON; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84933671469     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00214     Document Type: Article

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