Inference of complex human motion requires internal models of action: Behavioral evidence

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-409

  Saunier, Ghislain ^a,c   Papaxanthis, Charalambos ^a,b   Vargas, Claudia D ^c   Pozzo, Thierry ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex intransitive motion; Internal models; Mirror neurons; Motion inference; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MODEL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 39049172141     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1162-2     Document Type: Article

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