Perturbing the action observation network during perception and categorization of actions' goals and grips: State-dependency and virtual lesion TMS effects

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 598-608

  Jacquet, Pierre O ^a,b   Avenanti, Alessio ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation network; action perception; somatosensory cortex; state dependency; transcranial magnetic stimulation; virtual lesion

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION NETWORK; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERCEPTION; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GOALS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928311113     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht242     Document Type: Article

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