The influence of attention and age on the occurrence of mirror movements

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 855-862

  Baliz, Yasmin ^a   Armatas, Christine ^a   Farrow, Maree ^b   Hoy, Kate E ^b,c   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^b,c   Bradshaw, John L ^b   Georgiou Karistianis, Nellie ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Corpus callosum; Corticospinal tract; Motor cortex; Motor skills; Movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BONE CONDUCTION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FACILITATION; HAND GRIP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 33644889049     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617705051003     Document Type: Article

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