EMG as a key tool to assess motor lateralization and hand reaction time asymmetries

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Ballanger, Benedicte ^a   Boulinguez, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

EMG; Interhemispheric transfer; Lateralization; Poffenberger paradigm; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649101684     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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