Distinct roles for alpha- and beta-band oscillations during mental simulation of goal-directed actions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 14783-14792

  Brinkman, Loek ^a   Stolk, Arjen ^a   Dijkerman, H Chris ^b   De Lange, Floris P ^a   Toni, Ivan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efference copy; Magnetoencephalography; Motor imagery; Motor plan; Movement preparation; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL SIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; IMAGINATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908342285     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2039-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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