Observing repetitive finger movements modulates response times of auditorily cued finger movements

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-113

  Biermann Ruben, Katja ^a,f   Jonas, Melanie ^b   Kessler, Klaus ^c   Siebner, Hartwig Roman ^d,e   Bäumer, Tobias ^b   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a,f   Münchau, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NeuroImage Nord   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Finger movement; Mirror neuron system; Online processing; Reaction time task; Sensory interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949136282     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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