The power of movement: Evidence for context-independent movement imitation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 763-773

  Genschow, Oliver ^a   Florack, Arnd ^b   Wänke, Michaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Goal independent imitation; Imitation; Motor mimicry; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84888037884     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029795     Document Type: Article

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