To blink or not to blink: Fine cognitive tuning of the defensive peripersonal space

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 12921-12927

  Sambo, C F ^a,b   Forster, B ^b   Williams, S C ^c   Iannetti, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYELID REFLEX; FACE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HAND; HAND BLINK REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLINKING; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE;

EID: 84866264075     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0607-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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