Effect of motion smoothness on brain activity while observing a dance: An fmri study using a humanoid robot

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-58

  Miura, Naoki ^a,b,c   Sugiura, Motoaki ^b   Takahashi, Makoto ^b   Sassa, Yuko ^b   Miyamoto, Atsushi ^d   Sato, Shigeru ^b   Horie, Kaoru ^b   Nakamura, Katsuki ^c,e   Kawashima, Ryuta ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dance; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Intersubject variability; Motion smoothness; Parieto frontal network

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950470790     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903083256     Document Type: Article

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