Neural evidence for the interplay between language, gesture, and action: A review
@article{Willems2007NeuralEF, title={Neural evidence for the interplay between language, gesture, and action: A review}, author={Roel M. Willems and Peter Hagoort}, journal={Brain and Language}, year={2007}, volume={101}, pages={278-289} }
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