Movement observation affects movement execution in a simple response task

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 3-22

  Brass, Marcel ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motion perception; Perceptual motor processes; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035222135     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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