Action execution engages human mirror neuron system more than action observation

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 432-435

  Woodruff, Christopher Chad ^a   Maaske, Shannon ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

suppression; Electroencephalography; Mirror neurons; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952984609     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283385910     Document Type: Article

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