Mechanisms of self-other representations and vicarious experiences of touch in mirror-touch synesthesia

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Banissy, Michael J ^a,b   Ward, Jamie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MIRROR TOUCH SYNESTHESIA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SENSATION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 84933677296     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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