Cross-modal repetition effects in the mu rhythm indicate tactile mirroring during action observation

Cortex

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-131

  Coll, Michel Pierre ^a,b   Bird, Geoffrey ^c,d   Catmur, Caroline ^e   Press, Clare ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Mirror neurons; Mu rhythm; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFIRMATIVE ACTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MU RHYTHM; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REPETITION PRIMING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE MIRRORING SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; IMITATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907870629     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.08.024     Document Type: Article

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