Misconceptions about mirror-induced motor cortex activation

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1935-1940

  Praamstra, Peter ^a   Torney, Laura ^a   Rawle, Christian J ^a   Chris Miall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electroencephalography; lateralized readiness potential; mirror visual feedback; motor cortex; movement related potentials; visuomotor adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960712153     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq270     Document Type: Article

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