Kids observing other kids' hands: Visuomotor priming in children

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 383-392

  Liuzza, Marco Tullio ^a   Setti, Annalisa ^b   Borghi, Anna M ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body ownership; Body schema; Embodied cognition; Motor resonance; Motor simulation; Visuomotor priming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857504087     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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