On the signals underlying conscious awareness of action

Cognition

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-73

  Obhi, Sukhvinder S ^a   Planetta, Peggy J ^a   Scantlebury, Jordan ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Awareness; Conscious awareness of Action; Consciousness; Efference copy; Motor timing; Movement timing; Perception of action; Reafference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TOES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049213784     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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