Two action systems in the human brain

Brain and Language

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-229

  Binkofski, Ferdinand ^a   Buxbaum, Laurel J ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

"Use" and "Grasp" systems; Ventral stream; Ventro dorsal and dorso dorsal stream

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DORSO DORSAL SYSTEM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB ATAXIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC ATAXIA; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTRO DORSAL STREAM; VISUAL INFORMATION;

" USE" AND " GRASP" SYSTEMS; VENTRAL STREAM; VENTRO-DORSAL AND DORSO-DORSAL STREAM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884813909     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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