Neurons in primary motor cortex engaged during action observation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 386-398

  Dushanova, Juliana ^a,b   Donoghue, John ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Action observation; Decoding; MI neurons; Primates; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MACACA; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 74549152700     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07067.x     Document Type: Article

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