Sustained attention to spontaneous thumb sensations activates brain somatosensory and other proprioceptive areas

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-96

  Bauer, Clemens C C ^a   Díaz, José Luis ^b   Concha, Luis ^a   Barrios, Fernando A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body representation; Conscious tactile sensation; Interoception; Proprioception; Sustained attention; Top down attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THUMB; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB;

EID: 84922025322     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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