Vicarious motor activation during action perception: Beyond correlational evidence

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Avenanti, Alessio ^a,b,c   Candidi, Matteo ^c,d   Urgesi, Cosimo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION NETWORK; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VICARIOUS MOTOR ACTIVATION;

EID: 84876862873     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00185     Document Type: Article

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