Grasping the pain: Motor resonance with dangerous affordances

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1627-1639

  Anelli, Filomena ^a   Borghi, Anna M ^a,b   Nicoletti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affordances; Dangerous objects; Empathy; Motor resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHILD; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPETITION PRIMING;

EID: 84869775819     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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