Contorted and ordinary body postures in the human brain

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-407

  Cross, Emily S ^a,b   MacKie, Emilie C ^c   Wolford, George ^c   De C Hamilton, Antonia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body representation; Contortion; EBA; FMRI; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM BODY AREA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

BODY IMAGE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958183286     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2093-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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