Semantics in the motor system: Motor-cortical beta oscillations reflect semantic knowledge of end-postures for object use

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  van Elk, Michiel ^a   van Schie, Hein T ^b   van den Heuvel, Ruby ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta rebound; EEG; End postures; Motor system; Objects; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOOL USE;

EID: 77955272150     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.008.2010     Document Type: Article

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