Do mirror glasses have the same effect on brain activity as a mirror box? Evidence from a functional magnetic resonance imaging study with healthy subjects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Milde, Christopher ^a   Rance, Mariela ^a   Kirsch, Pinar ^a   Trojan, Jörg ^a,b   Fuchs, Xaver ^a   Foell, Jens ^a,c   Bekrater Bodmann, Robin ^a   Flor, Herta ^a   Diers, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MIRROR BOX; MIRROR GLASS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VOLUNTEER; BRAIN MAPPING; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84955300712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127694     Document Type: Article

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