Hand posture effects on handedness recognition as revealed by the Simon effect

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2009, Pages

  Lameira, Allan P ^a   Gawryszewski, Luiz G ^a   Guimarães Silva, Sabrina ^a   Ferreira, Fernanda M ^a   Vargas, Cláudia D ^b   Umiltà, Carlo ^c   Pereira, Antônio ^d,e  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^e Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hand posture; Handedness recognition; Motor imagery; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879080608     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.059.2009     Document Type: Article

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