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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00459/full |