Individual differences in the perception of biological motion: Links to social cognition and motor imagery

Cognition

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-148

  Miller, Luke E ^a   Saygin, Ayse P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Individual differences; Motor imagery; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL COGNITION; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877797387     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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