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The Control of Mimicry by Eye Contact Is Mediated by Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Yin Wang, Richard Ramsey and Antonia F. de C. Hamilton
Journal of Neuroscience 17 August 2011, 31 (33) 12001-12010; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0845-11.2011
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0845-11.2011
PubMed 
21849560
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History 
  • Received February 16, 2011
  • Revision received June 23, 2011
  • Accepted June 28, 2011
  • First published August 17, 2011.
  • Version of record published August 17, 2011.
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Author Information

  1. Yin Wang,
  2. Richard Ramsey, and
  3. Antonia F. de C. Hamilton
  1. School of Psychology, the University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: Y.W. and A.F.C.H. designed research; Y.W. performed research; Y.W., R.R., and A.F.C.H. analyzed data; Y.W., R.R., and A.F.C.H. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received February 16, 2011.
    • Revision received June 23, 2011.
    • Accepted June 28, 2011.
  • Y.W. is supported by Overseas Research Students Award and University of Nottingham Scholarship. This work was also supported by Economic and Social Research Council Grant RES-061-25-0138 (to A.H.). We thank Chris Frith for helpful comments on the manuscript.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Yin Wang, School of Psychology, the University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. mirrorneuronwang{at}gmail.com

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Journal of Neuroscience 17 August 2011, 31 (33) 12001-12010; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0845-11.2011

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