Does focusing on hand-grasping intentions modulate electroencephalogram μ and α suppressions?

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1050-1054

  Perry, Anat ^a   Bentin, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

rhythms; rhythms; electroencephalography; grasping; intention; mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049270835     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833fcb71     Document Type: Article

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