Distinct spatio-temporal profiles of beta-oscillations within visual and sensorimotor areas during action recognition as revealed by MEG

Cortex

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-116

  Pavlidou, Anastasia ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a   Lange, Joachim ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actions; Mirror neuron system; Oscillatory activity; Point light displays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA OSCILLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY SYSTEM; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSCILLATION; POINT LIGHT DISPLAY; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84896513789     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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