Mirroring avatars: Dissociation of action and intention in human motor resonance

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 662-669

  Borroni, Paola ^a   Gorini, Alessandra ^b   Riva, Giuseppe ^b,c   Bouchard, Stéphane ^d   Cerri, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action intention; Avatar; Mirror neuron system; Motor resonance; TMS

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR RESONANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OPPONENS POLLICIS MUSCLE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051665149     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07779.x     Document Type: Article

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