Action observation supports effector-dependent learning of finger movement sequences

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-27

  Osman, Magda ^a   Bird, Geoffrey ^a   Heyes, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effector dependence; Motor activation by action observation; Motor learning; Observational learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SKILL; TRAINING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; REACTION TIME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 23844541681     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2275-0     Document Type: Article

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