Motor cortex activation induced by a mirror: Evidence from lateralized readiness potentials

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Touzalin Chretien, Pascale ^a,b   Dufour, André ^a  

^a Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Psychologie   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HAND; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 55249118140     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90260.2008     Document Type: Article

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