Representation of anatomical constraints in motor imagery: Mental rotation of a body segment

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-101

  Petit, L S ^a,b   Pegna, A J ^a   Mayer, E ^a   Hauert, C A ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomechanical constraints; Body segment; Mental imagery; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS;

EID: 0037292334     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(02)00526-2     Document Type: Article

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