Imitation of hand and tool actions is effector-independent

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-547

  Van Elk, M ^a,b   Van Schie, H T ^c   Bekkering, H ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action congruency effect; Action observation; Body schema; Imitation; Tools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053951838     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2852-3     Document Type: Article

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