The functional architecture of S1 during touch observation described with 7 T fMRI

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-140

  Kuehn, Esther ^a   Mueller, Karsten ^a   Turner, Robert ^a   Schütz Bosbach, Simone ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empathy; Mirror neuron system; Primary somatosensory cortex; Receptive field; Shared representations; Suppressive interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN RECEPTOR; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVATION; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892373457     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0489-z     Document Type: Article

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