Observed manipulation of novel tools leads to mu rhythm suppression over sensory-motor cortices

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 261, Issue , 2014, Pages 328-335

  Rüther, Norma Naima ^a   Brown, Elliot Clayton ^a,b   Klepp, Anne ^c   Bellebaum, Christian ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action; Affordance; Mu rhythm; Observation; Tools; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MU RHYTHM; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION; AFFORDANCE; MU RHYTHM; OBSERVATION; TOOLS; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OBSERVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892493339     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.12.033     Document Type: Article

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