What can other animals tell us about human social cognition? An evolutionary perspective on reflective and reflexive processing

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages

  Hecht, E E ^a,b   Patterson, R ^a   Barbey, A K ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative cognition; Empathy; Evolution; Motor resonance; Reflective processing; Reflexive processing; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; REFLECTIVE PROCESSING; REFLEXIVE PROCESSING; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORY OF MIND; VISION;

EID: 84933678284     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00224     Document Type: Review

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