Direct eye contact enhances mirroring of others’ movements: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

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• 作者：Jellina Prinsen^a ; ^{jellina.prinsen@kuleuven.be} ; Sylvie Bernaerts^a ; Yin Wang^b ; Toon T. de Beukelaar^c ; Koen Cuypers^c ; ^d ; Stephan P. Swinnen^c ; Kaat Alaerts^a
• 关键词：APB ; abductor pollicis brevis ; FC ; fixation count ; FDI ; first dorsal interosseous ; IFG ; inferior frontal gyrus ; IPL ; inferior parietal lobule ; M1 ; primary motor cortex ; MEP ; motor-evoked potential ; mPFC ; medial prefrontal cortex ; RMSE ; root mean square error ; rMT ; resting motor threshold ; STS ; superior temporal sulcus ; TFD ; total fixation duration ; TMS ; transcranial magnetic stimulation
• 刊名：Neuropsychologia
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：27 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：95
• 期：Complete
• 页码：111-118
• 全文大小：434 K
• 卷排序：95

文摘

TMS was used to assess gaze-induced modulations in M1 excitability during movement observation. M1 facilitation occurred mostly when movements in combination with direct eye gaze were observed. Direct eye gaze can modulate excitability in the observer's motor system.