Mental rotation of anthropoid hands: A chronometric study

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-381

  Gawryszewski, L G ^a   Silva dos Santos, C F ^a   Santos Silva, J C ^a   Lameira, A P ^a   Pereira, A ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Handedness recognition; Imitation; Manual reaction time; Mental rotation; Mirror neurons; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHIMPANZEE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GORILLA; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33947189003     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2007000300013     Document Type: Article

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