Tool-use observation makes far objects ready-to-hand

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2658-2663

  Costantini, Marcello ^a   Ambrosini, Ettore ^a   Sinigaglia, Corrado ^b   Gallese, Vittorio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Peripersonal space; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; TOOL USE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960160679     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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