The plasticity of the mirror system: How reward learning modulates cortical motor simulation of others

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 255-262

  Trilla Gros, Irene ^a,b   Panasiti, Maria Serena ^a,c,d   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta; EEG; Empathy; Mirror neuron system; Mu; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONDITIONING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MU RHYTHM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REWARD; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMITATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN WAVES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924631788     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.02.033     Document Type: Article

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