Assessing human mirror activity With EEG mu rhythm: A meta-analysis

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 291-313

  Fox, Nathan A ^a   Yoo, Kathryn H ^a   Bowman, Lindsay C ^a   Cannon, Erin N ^a   Ferrari, Pier F ^d   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b   Vanderwert, Ross E ^c   Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action execution; Action observation; EEG; Mirror neurons; mu rhythm

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN WAVES; HUMANS; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84958943252     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bul0000031     Document Type: Article

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