When unintended movements "leak" out: A startling acoustic stimulus can elicit a prepared response during motor imagery and action observation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 838-844

  Maslovat, Dana ^a   Chua, Romeo ^a   Hodges, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor imagery; Neural activation; Observation; Response Preparation; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; STARTLING ACOUSTIC STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; INTENTION; KINESICS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATION; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875281707     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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