Grasp observation influences speech production

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-184

  Gentilucci, Maurizio ^a  

^a Istituto di Fisiologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human voice; Lip kinematics; Object size; Observation of hand grasp; Syllable pronunciation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOICE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOICE;

EID: 0037232421     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02438.x     Document Type: Article

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