Body context and posture affect mental imagery of hands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ionta, Silvio ^a   Perruchoud, David ^a   Draganski, Bogdan ^b,c,d   Blanke, Olaf ^a,e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; HISTOLOGY; IMAGINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859141627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034382     Document Type: Article

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