Activation patterns during action observation are modulated by context in mirror system areas

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 608-615

  Molenberghs, Pascal ^a   Hayward, Lydia ^a   Mattingley, Jason B ^a   Cunnington, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action understanding; fMRI; Inferior parietal lobule; Mirror system; Perception of action; Premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VENTRAL PREMOTOR CORTEX;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIRROR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054119400     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.080     Document Type: Article

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