Mirror neurons in a New World monkey, common marmoset

Mirror neurons respond when executing a motor act and when observing others’ similar act. So far, mirror neurons have been found only in macaques, humans and songbirds. To investigate the degree of phylogenetic specialization of mirror neurons during the course of their evolution, we determined whet...

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Main Authors: Wataru eSuzuki, Taku eBanno, Naohisa eMiyakawa, Hiroshi eAbe, Naokazu eGoda, Noritaka eIchinohe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00459/full