Dissociable contributions of motor-execution and action-observation to intermanual transfer

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 346-350

  Hayes, Spencer J ^a   Andrew, Matthew ^a   Elliott, Digby ^a,b   Roberts, James W ^a   Bennett, Simon J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation; Intermanual transfer; Motor learning; Sensory motor reafference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMANUAL TRANSFER; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY MOTOR REAFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655161901     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.045     Document Type: Article

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