Neural correlates of individual differences in manual imitation fidelity

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Braadbaart, Lieke ^a   Waiter, Gordon D ^b   Williams, Justin H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated activity; fMRI BOLD; Kinematics; Manual imitation; Mirror neuron areas

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROFEEDBACK; PREDICTION; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84867077540     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00091     Document Type: Review

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