Neuronal chains for actions in the parietal lobe: A computational model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Chersi, Fabian ^a,b   Ferrari, Pier Francesco ^b,c   Fogassi, Leonardo ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HAPLORHINI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; RECOGNITION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; LEARNING; MIRROR NEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82155188747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027652     Document Type: Article

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