Attention to somatosensory events is directly linked to the preparation for action

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Galazky, Imke ^a   Schütze, Hartmut ^a   Noesselt, Toemme ^a   Hopf, Jens Max ^a,b   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a,b   Schoenfeld, Mircea Ariel ^a,b,c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention to touch; fMRI; Preparation for action; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60949083513     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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