Like the back of the (right) hand? A new fMRI look on the hand laterality task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3873-3895

  Zapparoli, Laura ^a   Invernizzi, Paola ^a   Gandola, Martina ^b   Berlingeri, Manuela ^a   De Santis, Antonio ^c   Zerbi, Alberto ^c   Banfi, Giuseppe ^c,d   Paulesu, Eraldo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activation; BOLD; fMRI; Hand laterality task; Implicit motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGINATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914674529     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-4065-z     Document Type: Article

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