Sex and individual differences in induced and evoked EEG measures of action observation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2417-2426

  Silas, Jonathan ^a   Levy, Joseph P ^a   Nielsen, Maria Kragh ^a   Slade, Lance ^a   Holmes, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action observation; EEG; Mirror systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; INDIVIDUALITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBSERVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954456432     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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