Action anticipation beyond the action observation network: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in expert basketball players

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1646-1654

  Abreu, A M ^a,b,f   Macaluso, E ^a   Azevedo, R T ^a,b   Cesari, P ^c   Urgesi, C ^d,e   Aglioti, S M ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Action anticipation; Motor expertise; Motor resonance system; Sports

Indexed keywords

ACTION ANTICIPATION; ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ANTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BODY MOVEMENT; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTO PARIETAL ACTION OBSERVATION NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR INSULA; POSTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASKETBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861232806     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08104.x     Document Type: Article

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