Seeing fearful body language rapidly freezes the observer's motor cortex

2015/02/07 by Sara Borgomaneri, Francesca Vitale, Valeria Gazzola +1 · 29 citations
Psychology · Neuroscience · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Face Recognition and Perception

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2015.01.014

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