Brain and cognitive processes of imitation in bimanual situations: Making inferences about mirror neuron systems

Brain Research

Volumn 1145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-149

  Franz, Elizabeth A ^a   Ford, Shelley ^a   Werner, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Imitation; Mirror neuron; Response selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSORY SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ARM; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34047106644     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.136     Document Type: Article

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