Incidental action observation modulates muscle activity

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-435

  Obhi, Sukhvinder S ^a   Hogeveen, Jeremy ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation; Action priming; EMG; Mirror neurons; Motor priming; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954399905     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2253-z     Document Type: Article

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