Modulation of putative mirror neuron activity by both positively and negatively valenced affective stimuli: A TMS study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 249, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-123

  Hill, Aron T ^a   Fitzgibbon, Bernadette M ^a   Arnold, Sara L ^a   Rinehart, Nicole J ^b,c   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a   Enticott, Peter G ^a,c  

^a Australia   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Emotion processing; Mirror neurons; Social cognition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84878104604     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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