Action comprehension: Deriving spatial and functional relations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 465-479

  Bach, Patric ^a,b,c   Gunter, Thomas C ^b   Friederici, Angela D ^b   Knoblich, Günther ^b   Prinz, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action comprehension; Action recognition; Functional knowledge; Mirror neurons; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 22544435800     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.3.465     Document Type: Article

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