The handedness of imagined bodies in action and the role of perspective taking

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Marzoli, Daniele ^a,b   Mitaritonna, Alessia ^b   Moretto, Francesco ^b   Carluccio, Patrizia ^b   Tommasi, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action representation; Egocentric allocentric; Handedness; Mirror system; Motor imagery; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649443933     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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