Effects of visual context upon functional connectivity during observation of biological motions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Hars, Magaly ^a,b   Hars, Mélany ^c,d   Stam, Cornelis J ^e   Calmels, Claire ^a  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MOTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BEHAVIOR; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053549941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025903     Document Type: Article

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