Exploring the functional and anatomical bases of mirror-image and anatomical imitation: The role of the frontal lobes

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 784-795

  Chiavarino, Claudia ^a   Apperly, Ian A ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Frontal cortex; Goal; Imitation; Intention; Spatial compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPONSE VARIABLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33845605117     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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