A transcranial magnetic stimulation study of the effect of visual orientation on the putative human mirror neuron system

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Burgess, Jed D ^a   Arnold, Sara L ^a   Fitzgibbon, Bernadette M ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a   Enticott, Peter G ^a  

^a Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action observation; Associative learning; Electromyography; Mirror neurons; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84886430881     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00679     Document Type: Article

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