Cortical activation to action perception is associated with action production abilities in young infants

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 289-297

  Lloyd Fox, Sarah ^a   Wu, Rachel ^b   Richards, John E ^c   Elwell, Clare E ^d   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action; fNIRS; infancy; IPL; pSTS

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEXTERITY TEST; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84924968522     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht207     Document Type: Article

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