Spoken language and arm gestures are controlled by the same motor control system

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 944-957

  Gentilucci, Maurizio ^a   Dalla Volta, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Gesture; Hand and mouth kinematics; Mirror system; Spoken language; Voice spectra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTURE; HAND STRENGTH; HAPLORHINI; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTURES; HAND STRENGTH; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 47549089916     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701625683     Document Type: Article

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