Sensitivity of alpha and beta oscillations to sensorimotor characteristics of action: An EEG study of action production and gesture observation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2745-2751

  Quandt, Lorna C ^a   Marshall, Peter J ^a   Shipley, Thomas F ^a   Beilock, Sian L ^b   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; EEG; Gesture; Sensorimotor experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA OSCILLATION; ARTICLE; BETA OSCILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEICTIC GESTURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICONIC GESTURE; MALE; MIRRORING; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84865600637     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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