Methodological problems undermine tests of the ideo-motor conjecture

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-558

  Jansson, Erik ^a   Wilson, Andrew D ^b   Williams, Justin H G ^b   Mon Williams, Mark ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ideo motor theory; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34548605406     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1013-1     Document Type: Article

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