Force requirements of observed object lifting are encoded by the observer's motor system: A TMS study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1144-1153

  Alaerts, Kaat ^a   Senot, Patrice ^b   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Craighero, Laila ^b   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a   Fadiga, Luciano ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Grip force; Mirror system; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LIFTING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949560684     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07124.x     Document Type: Article

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