Motor activation during observation of unusual versus ordinary actions in infancy

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-460

  Stapel, Janny C ^a   Hunnius, Sabine ^a   van Elk, Michiel ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action prediction; EEG; Infant; Motor system

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78149256063     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2010.490667     Document Type: Article

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