Parietal and premotor cortices: Activation reflects imitation accuracy during observation, delayed imitation and concurrent imitation

NeuroImage

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-50

  Krüger, Britta ^a   Bischoff, Matthias ^b   Blecker, Carlo ^a   Langhanns, Christine ^a   Kindermann, Stefan ^a   Sauerbier, Isabell ^a   Reiser, Mathias ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Munzert, Jörn ^a   Pilgramm, Sebastian ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action observation; FMRI; Imitation; Motion capturing; Parametric modulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT IMITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELAYED IMITATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903888665     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.074     Document Type: Article

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