Mental rotation of body parts and non-corporeal objects in patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2346-2354

  Fiorio, Mirta ^a   Tinazzi, Michele ^a,b   Ionta, Silvio ^c   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Moretto, Giuseppe ^b   Edwards, Mark J ^d   Bhatia, Kailash P ^d   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b BORGO TRENTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Body schema; Egocentric space; Motor imagery; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEAD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIMULATION; STIMULUS;

EID: 34247571890     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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