Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: An fMRI study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 400-404

  Buccino, G ^a   Binkofski, F ^b   Fink, G R ^b,c   Fadiga, L ^a   Fogassi, L ^a   Gallese, V ^a   Seitz, R J ^b   Zilles, K ^c   Rizzolatti, G ^a   Freund, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action observation; Humans; Mirror system; Parietal lobe; Premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 0035128865     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2001.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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