Neural dynamics in human imitation revealed by ERP surface topography

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2129-2132

  Fukushima, Hirokata ^a   Hirai, Masahiro ^a   Arita, Akiko ^a   Kamewari, Kazunori ^a   Hiraki, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action observation; Biological motion; Event related potential (ERP); Imitation; Motion perception; Reaction time task; Surface topography; Visuomotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; IMITATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644336395     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200409150-00026     Document Type: Article

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