Fooling the brain into thinking it sees both hands moving enhances bimanual spatial coupling

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-180

  Franz, Elizabeth A ^a   Packman, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bimanual symmetry; Efference copy; Mirror reflections; Motor processes; Spatial coupling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 3142702206     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1831-3     Document Type: Article

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