Visual gravity cues in the interpretation of biological movements: Neural correlates in humans

NeuroImage

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-230

  Maffei, Vincenzo ^a,b   Indovina, Iole ^a,b   Macaluso, Emiliano ^b   Ivanenko, Yuri P ^b   Orban, Guy A ^c,d   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Biological motion; DCM; Gravity; Mismatch detection; Predictive code

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949115797     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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