Self through the mirror (neurons) and Default Mode Network: What neuroscientists found and what can still be found there

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Sandrone, Stefano ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awareness of self; Cognitive neuroscience; Default mode network (DMN); Miror neurons; Self

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR;

EID: 84933679752     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00383     Document Type: Article

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