EEG evidence for the presence of an action observation-execution matching system in children

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2505-2510

  Lepage, Jean François ^a   Théoret, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation; Children; Mirror neurons; Motor cortex; Mu rhythm

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIRROR NERVE CELL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MU RHYTHM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33646708921     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04769.x     Document Type: Article

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