Touch to see: Neuropsychological evidence of a sensory mirror system for touch

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2055-2064

  Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b   Olgiati, Elena ^a   Xaiz, Annalisa ^a   Posteraro, Lucio ^c   Ferraro, Francesco ^d   Maravita, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Suzzara   (Italy)

^d CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

crossmodal; mirror neuron system; somatosensory cortex; touch observation; visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOUCH; VISION;

BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864825865     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr283     Document Type: Article

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