The movement-specific effect of motor imagery on the premotor time

Motor Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-128

  Li, Sheng ^a   Stevens, Jennifer A ^b   Kamper, Derek G ^c,d   Rymer, William Z ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger; Human; Motor imagery; Premotor time; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMAGINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 22844439439     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.9.2.119     Document Type: Article

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