The relationship between the motor system activation during action observation and adaptation in the motor system following repeated action observation

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-411

  Ray, Matthew ^a   Dewey, Deborah ^b,c,d   Kooistra, Libbe ^b,c,d   Welsh, Timothy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation; Corticospinal tract; Motor representation; Motor system; Observational training; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPEATED ACTION OBSERVATION; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879007787     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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