Motor facilitation during action observation: Topographic mapping of the target muscle and influence of the onlooker's posture

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2522-2530

  Urgesi, Cosimo ^a,b   Candidi, Matteo ^c   Fabbro, Franco ^b   Romani, Michela ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Mirror neurons; Motor system; TMS

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ACTION OBSERVATION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MIRROR NERVE CELL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33646680039     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04772.x     Document Type: Article

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