Neural time-course of the observation of human and non-human object touch

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 333-341

  Streltsova, Alena ^a   McCleery, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERP; Social context; Somatosensory processing; Touch observation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ERP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY PROCESSING; STIMULATION; TIME; TOUCH; TOUCH OBSERVATION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ERP; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOMATOSENSORY PROCESSING; TOUCH OBSERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895142429     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss142     Document Type: Article

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