How equivalent are the action execution, imagery, and observation of intransitive movements? Revisiting the concept of somatotopy during action simulation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-150

  Lorey, Britta ^a   Naumann, Tim ^a   Pilgramm, Sebastian ^a   Petermann, Carmen ^a   Bischoff, Matthias ^a   Zentgraf, Karen ^a,b   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Vaitl, Dieter ^a   Munzert, Jörn ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Action observation; FMRI; Motor imagery; Motor simulation; Somatotopic mapping

Indexed keywords

ACTION EXECUTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870515947     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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