Seeing touch in the somatosensory cortex: A TMS study of the visual perception of touch

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2104-2114

  Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b   Rossetti, Angela ^a   Maravita, Angelo ^a   Miniussi, Carlo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crossmodal; Mirror neuron system; Primary somatosensory cortex; RTMS; Sensorimotor; Tactile observation; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055140615     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21172     Document Type: Article

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