Modulation of motor cortex activity when observing rewarding and punishing actions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Brown, E C ^a,b   Wiersema, Jan Roelf ^c   Pourtois, Gilles ^c   Brüne, Martin ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action observation; Mirror neurons; Observational learning; Punishment; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OBSERVATION; PUNISHMENT; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870499822     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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