Action understanding within and outside the motor system: The role of task difficulty

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1342-1350

  Lingnau, Angelika ^a   Petris, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

direct matching; middle temporal gyrus; motor theories of action understanding; point light displays

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BOLD SIGNAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

DIRECT MATCHING; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MOTOR THEORIES OF ACTION UNDERSTANDING; POINT-LIGHT DISPLAYS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84875153087     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs112     Document Type: Article

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