EEG and behavioural correlates of different forms of motor imagery during action observation in rhythmical actions

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-103

  Eaves, D L ^a,b   Behmer, L P ^c,d   Vogt, S ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Action observation network; Mental practice; Mental rehearsal; Mirror neuron system; Motor simulation; Observational learning; Observational practice

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN WAVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971482861     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.04.013     Document Type: Article

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