The functional role of the parieto-frontal mirror circuit: interpretations and misinterpretations

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Nature Reviews Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2010-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1038/nrn2805PMID 20216547
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