Neural correlates of action understanding in infants: Influence of motor experience

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-242

  Virji Babul, N ^a,b   Rose, A ^a,b   Moiseeva, N ^a   Makan, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation; Infants; Mirror neurons; Motor experience; Mu rhythm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WALKING;

EID: 84870850943     PISSN: 21623279     EISSN: 21579032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.50     Document Type: Article

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