Involvement of primary motor cortex in motor imagery and mental practice
Behavioral and Brain SciencesPublished 1 June 1994
Mark Hallett, Jordan Fieldman, Leonardo G. Cohen, Norihiro Sadato, Álvaro Pascual‐Leone
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