CNS activation and regional connectivity during pantomime observation: No engagement of the mirror neuron system for deaf signers

NeuroImage

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 994-1005

  Emmorey, Karen ^a   Xu, Jiang ^b   Gannon, Patrick ^c   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^d   Braun, Allen ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGN LANGUAGE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349969798     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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