Controlling attention through action: Observing actions primes action-related stimulus dimensions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3351-3355

  Fagioli, Sabrina ^a   Ferlazzo, Fabio ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action observation; Action planning; Dimensional priming; Mirror system; Visual attention; Visuo motor priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PLANNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34848910716     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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