Unconscious effects of action on perception

Brain Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-146

  Halász, Veronika ^a   Cunnington, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Motor system; Perception; Predictive coding

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CODING; COFFEE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84982820880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2020130     Document Type: Review

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