The mirror-neuron system and handedness: A "right" world?

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1243-1254

  Rocca, Maria A ^a   Falini, Andrea ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Scotti, Giuseppe ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Handedness; Mirror neurons; Movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 55549084573     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20462     Document Type: Article

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