Task-dependent intermanual coupling of 8-Hz discontinuities during slow finger movements

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 453-456

  Evans, Clary M B ^a   Baker, Stuart N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherence; Human; Oscillations; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0042734456     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02751.x     Document Type: Article

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