N400-like negativities in action perception reflect the activation of two components of an action representation

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-232

  Bach, Patric ^a,b   Gunter, Thomas C ^a   Knoblich, Günther ^a,c   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action observation; Event related potentials; Language comprehension; Mirror neurons; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651206065     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910802362546     Document Type: Article

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