Motor facilitation following action observation: A behavioural study in prehensile action

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-502

  Edwards, Martin G ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a   Castiello, Umberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action goals; Mirror neurons; Object affordance; Prehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0345305392     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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