Effects of the differences in mental states on the mirror system activities when observing hand actions

Abstract Background It is known that the activities of the mirror system are related to imitation and understanding of the intention of an action. It has been reported that the activity of the mirror system is higher for observations for imitating and understanding the intention of an action than fo...

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Main Authors: Yuki Ikeda, Yuki Nishimura, Shigekazu Higuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Physiological Anthropology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40101-018-0192-8