Motor simulation without motor expertise: Enhanced corticospinal excitability in visually experienced dance spectators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jola, Corinne ^a   Abedian Amiri, Ali ^b   Kuppuswamy, Annapoorna ^c   Pollick, Frank E ^d   Grosbras, Marie Hélène ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; SPINE; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84858638324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033343     Document Type: Article

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