Dynamic modulation of human motor activity when observing actions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2792-2800

  Press, Clare ^a,b   Cook, Jennifer ^c   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^c   Kilner, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951995635     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1595-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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