How we perceive our own hands: Effects of attention, aging, and sex

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 227-235

  Naveteur, Janick ^a,b,c,d   Dupuy, Marie Agnès ^a,b,c,e   Gabrielli, François ^a,b   Michael, George A ^f,g,h  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Neurosciences L1 ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^g Lyon University   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; attention; hands; interoception; sex; Tactile spontaneous sensations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945466021     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2015.1086326     Document Type: Article

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