A Functional Analysis of Human Mirror Movements

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-96

  McDowell, Michael J ^a   Wolff, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Force oscillations; Mirror movements; Normal adults; Pincer grasp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030903108     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899709603472     Document Type: Article

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