Tool perception suppresses 10-12Hz μ rhythm of EEG over the somatosensory area

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Proverbio, Alice Mado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

rhythm; EEG; ERP; Mirror neurons; Mu power; Object affordance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862126679     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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