The neurophysiological basis of motor imagery

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-52

  Decety, Jean ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic response; Brain activation; Cognitive motor process; Human; Motor imagery; Neuroimaging study

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029890056     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00225-1     Document Type: Review

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