The human mirror neuron system: Evolutionary adaptation or associative learning?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1662-5161
DOI: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2013.212.00069