The effects of tai chi practice on intermuscular beta coherence and the rubber hand illusion

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue FEB2016, 2016, Pages

  Kerr, Catherine E ^a   Agrawal, Uday ^b   Nayak, Sandeep ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta rhythm; Body awareness; Embodiment; EMG; Intermuscular coherence; Rubber hand illusion; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUPLED TO BETA CORTICOMUSCULAR COHERENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TAI CHI; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84961762860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00037     Document Type: Article

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