Mental imagery generation in different modalities activates sensory-motor areas

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Palmiero, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Olivetti Belardinelli, Marta ^a,b   Nardo, Davide ^a,b   Sestieri, Carlo ^d   Di Matteo, Rosalia ^b,d   D'Ausilio, Alessandro ^b   Romani, Gian Luca ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ECONA   (Italy)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STUDENT T TEST; TASTE; TOUCH; VERBALIZATION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSATION;

EID: 69249089359     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-009-0324-5     Document Type: Article

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