To watch is to work: a review of neuroimaging data on tool use observation network

E Reynaud, J Navarro, M Lesourd, F Osiurak - Neuropsychology Review, 2019 - Springer
Since the discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s, many neuroimaging studies have
tackled the issue of action observation with the aim of unravelling a putative homolog human …

Building blocks of social cognition: Mirror, mentalize, share?

D Alcalá-López, K Vogeley, F Binkofski, D Bzdok - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
During the past decade, novel approaches to study social interaction have expanded and
questioned long-standing knowledge about how humans understand each other. We aim to …

Efficacy of motor imagery additional to motor-based therapy in the recovery of motor function of the upper limb in post-stroke individuals: a systematic review

TC Machado, AA Carregosa, MS Santos… - Topics in stroke …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Motor imagery (MI) consists of the mental simulation of repetitive movements
with the intention of promoting the learning of a motor skill. It seems to be an additional …

Computational feature analysis of body movements reveals hierarchical brain organization

MJ Vaessen, E Abassi, M Mancini, A Camurri… - Cerebral …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Social species spend considerable time observing the body movements of others to
understand their actions, predict their emotions, watch their games, or enjoy their dance …

Motor planning with and without motor imagery in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

R Bhoyroo, B Hands, K Wilmut, C Hyde, A Wigley - Acta psychologica, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) demonstrate inefficient
motor planning ability with a tendency to opt for non-optimal planning strategies. Motor …

[HTML][HTML] Feedback delays can enhance anticipatory synchronization in human-machine interaction

A Washburn, RW Kallen, M Lamb, N Stepp… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Research investigating the dynamics of coupled physical systems has demonstrated that
small feedback delays can allow a dynamic response system to anticipate chaotic behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of leg motor imagery combined with electrical stimulation on plasticity of corticospinal excitability and spinal reciprocal inhibition

Y Takahashi, M Kawakami, T Yamaguchi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Motor imagery (MI) combined with electrical stimulation (ES) enhances upper-limb
corticospinal excitability. However, its after-effects on both lower limb corticospinal …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic motor imagery mentally simulates uncommon real locomotion better than static motor imagery both in young adults and elderly

A Fusco, L Iasevoli, M Iosa, MC Gallotta, L Padua… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
A new form of Motor Imagery (MI), called dynamic Motor Imagery (dMI) has recently been
proposed. The dMI adds to conventional static Motor Imagery (sMI) the presence of …

[HTML][HTML] Connectivity analysis using functional brain networks to evaluate cognitive activity during 3d modelling

MZ Baig, M Kavakli - Brain sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Modelling 3D objects in CAD software requires special skills which require a novice user to
undergo a series of training exercises to obtain. To minimize the training time for a novice …

[HTML][HTML] Dissociation between cortical and spinal excitability of the antagonist muscle during combined motor imagery and action observation

T Aoyama, F Kaneko, Y Ohashi, Y Kohno - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Inhibitory neural control of antagonist muscle is one of the fundamental neural mechanism of
coordinated human limb movement. Previous studies have revealed that motor execution …