Ventral premotor and inferior parietal cortices make distinct contribution to action organization and intention understanding

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1372-1385

  Bonini, Luca ^a   Rozzi, Stefano ^a   Serventi, Francesca Ugolotti ^a   Simone, Luciano ^a   Ferrari, Pier F ^a   Fogassi, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Area F5; Goal; Mirror neurons; Monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MACACA; MIRROR NEURON; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND STRENGTH; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77952858823     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp200     Document Type: Article

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