Task-relevance and temporal synchrony between tactile and visual stimuli modulates cortical activity and motor performance during sensory-guided movement

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 484-496

  Meehan, Sean K ^a   Staines, W Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multimodal integration; Sensorimotor integration; Somatosensory; Vibrotactile; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949094389     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20520     Document Type: Article

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