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Mirror neurons

Towards a clearer image

Nature Reviews Neuroscience volume 9, pages 888–889 (2008)Cite this article

Two recent studies have addressed this issue using different functional MRI (fMRI) approaches, with different results. In both studies participants were scanned while they performed a number of hand movements and then watched either the same or different hand movements on a screen.

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Welberg, L. Towards a clearer image. Nat Rev Neurosci 9, 888–889 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2544

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