The transfer of motor functional strategies via action observation

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-196

  Sartori, Luisa ^a   Xompero, Francesca ^a   Bucchioni, Giulia ^a   Castiello, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action simulation; Motor system; Motor evoked potentials; Selection for action; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HYBRID; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MOVEMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 84860352034     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0759     Document Type: Article

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