Knowing your nose better than your thumb: Measures of over-grasp reveal that face-parts are special for grasping

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-80

  Edwards, M G ^a   Wing, A M ^a   Stevens, J ^a   Humphreys, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body representation; Grasping; Object familiarity; Over grasp; Reach familiarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FACE; GRASP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; SCIENCE; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; NOSE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; THUMB; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13744256590     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2047-2     Document Type: Article

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