Processing of hand-related verbs specifically affects the planning and execution of arm reaching movements

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mirabella, Giovanni ^a,b   Iaconelli, Sara ^a   Spadacenta, Silvia ^c   Federico, Paolo ^b   Gallese, Vittorio ^d,e  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LANGUAGE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; LANGUAGE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859984279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035403     Document Type: Article

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