Hand preference influences neural correlates of action observation

Brain Research

Volumn 1269, Issue , 2009, Pages 90-104

  Willems, Roel M ^a   Hagoort, Peter ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action observation; Action production; fMRI; Handedness; Mirror system; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349133146     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.02.057     Document Type: Article

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