Incongruent imagery interferes with action initiation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Ramsey, Richard ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^b   Eastough, Daniel ^c   Edwards, Martin G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action cognition; Common coding; Imagery; Parietal; Premotor; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049443304     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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