Activation of the human primary motor cortex during observation of tool use

NeuroImage

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Järveläinen, Juha ^a   Schürmann, Martin ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

20 Hz rhythm; Imitation; Magnetoencephalography; Mirror neurons; Primary motor cortex; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4344614005     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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