Do mirror neuron areas mediate mu rhythm suppression during imitation and action observation?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Braadbaart, Lieke ^a   Williams, Justin H G ^b   Waiter, Gordon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EEG; FMRI; Mirror neurons; Mu rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIRROR NEURON; MU RHYTHM; OBSERVATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EEG; FMRI; MIRROR NEURONS; MU RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; OBSERVATION; OXYGEN; REST; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880381755     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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