The eyes as a mirror of our thoughts: Quantification of motor imagery of goal-directed movements through eye movement registration

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-360

  Heremans, Elke ^a   Helsen, Werner F ^a   Feys, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electro oculography; Eye movements; Eye hand coordination; Hand movements; Motor imagery; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GOALS; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38049049165     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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