Observation of a finger or an object movement primes imitative responses differentially

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-265

  Jonas, M ^a,e   Biermann Ruben, K ^b   Kessler, K ^b,c   Lange, R ^a,d   Baumer T ^a   Siebner, H R ^a,e   Schnitzler, A ^b   Munchau A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action observation execution matching; Human body movement; Imitation; Inhibition of return; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846991321     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0660-y     Document Type: Article

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