Joint action modulates motor system involvement during action observation in 3-year-olds

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 581-592

  Meyer, Marlene ^a   Hunnius, Sabine ^a   Van Elk, Michiel ^a,b   Van Ede, Freek ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Action observation; Joint action; Motor system; Social interaction; Social cognitive development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAME; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT ACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MU RHYTHM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958242684     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2658-3     Document Type: Article

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