Action plans used in action observation

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6950, 2003, Pages 769-771

  Flanagan, J Randall ^a   Johansson, Roland S ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN IMAGING;

BRAIN;

BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 0042467641     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01861     Document Type: Article

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