Brain activity modulation during the production of imperative and declarative pointing

NeuroImage

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 449-457

  Committeri, Giorgia ^a,b   Cirillo, Simona ^a   Costantini, Marcello ^a,b,c   Galati, Gaspare ^d,e   Romani, Gian Luca ^a,b   Aureli, Tiziana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b University 'Gabriela d'Annunzio' Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Declarative intention; FMRI; Imperative intention; Pointing gesture; Reaching; Social abilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE INTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPERATIVE INTENTION; INSULA; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FINGER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; GESTURES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923042829     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.064     Document Type: Article

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