Rapid communication: Automatic priming of grip force following action observation

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 833-838

  Salama, Islam Mohamed ^a   Turner, Sarah ^a   Edwards, Martin Gareth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action observation; Grip force; Mirror neurons; Priming; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMITATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; OBSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958042871     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.572172     Document Type: Article

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