Corticospinal excitability is specifically modulated by the social dimension of observed actions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 557-568

  Sartori, Luisa ^a   Cavallo, Andrea ^b   Bucchioni, Giulia ^a   Castiello, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Complementary actions; Mirror neuron system; Reach to grasp; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958242997     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2650-y     Document Type: Article

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