Abnormal sense of intention preceding voluntary movement in patients with psychogenic tremor

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2791-2793

  Edwards, Mark J ^a   Moretto, Giovanna ^b,c   Schwingenschuh, Petra ^a,d   Katschnig, Petra ^a,d   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Haggard, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Intention; Psychogenic tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOGENIC TREMOR; TIME PERCEPTION; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TREMOR;

EID: 79960174857     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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