Movement observation specifies motor programs activated by the action observed objective

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 493, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 102-106

  Lago, Angel ^a   Fernandez del Olmo, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Action observation; Mirror neurons; Motor program; Motor resonance; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952898498     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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