The neural correlates of Fitts's law in action observation: An fMRI study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-41

  Eskenazi, Terry ^a,b   Rotshtein, Pia ^b   Grosjean, Marc ^c   Knoblich, Guenther ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action execution; Action observation; Effort; Motor cortex; Motor simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855488268     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.576871     Document Type: Article

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