The role of motor simulation in action perception: A neuropsychological case study

Psychological Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-485

  Eskenazi, Terry ^a,b   Grosjean, Marc ^c   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b   Knoblich, Guenther ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; IMITATION; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

AGED; AWARENESS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; JUDGMENT; KINESTHESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SIZE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67449123070     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-009-0231-5     Document Type: Article

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