Cognitive empathy and motor activity during observed actions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1103-1108

  Milston, Sashenka I ^a   Vanman, Eric J ^a   Cunnington, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta; EEG; Empathy; Mirror neuron system; Mu; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE EMPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MU RHYTHM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876424092     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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