Mu suppression – A good measure of the human mirror neuron system?

Cortex

Volumn 82, Issue , 2016, Pages 290-310

  Hobson, Hannah M ^a   Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Baseline; Beta; EEG; Frequency; Methods; Mirror neurons; Mu suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MU SUPPRESSION; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; IMITATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966692487     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.03.019     Document Type: Article

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