Functional imaging of face and hand imitation: towards a motor theory of empathy.

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Published in Neuroimage on February 01, 2004

Authors

Kenneth R Leslie1, Scott H Johnson-Frey, Scott T Grafton

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Center for Cognitive Neurosciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755, USA. kleslie@dartmouth.edu

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