Visual enhancement of touch in spatial body representation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 238-245

  Press, Clare ^a   Taylor Clarke, Marisa ^a   Kennett, Steffan ^a   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body representation; Cross modal; Somatosensory cortex; Somatotopic; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CUES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 1642456470     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1651-x     Document Type: Article

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