Resonating with others: The effects of self-construal type on motor cortical output

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 14531-14535

  Obhi, Sukhvinder S ^a,b   Hogeveen, Jeremy ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054048282     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3186-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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