Motor imagery during action observation: a brief review of evidence, theory and future research opportunities

DL Eaves, M Riach, PS Holmes… - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) have traditionally been viewed as two
separate techniques, which can both be used alongside physical practice to enhance motor …

Enhancing motor imagery practice using synchronous action observation

DL Eaves, NJ Hodges, G Buckingham, G Buccino… - Psychological …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we discuss a variety of ways in which practising motor actions by means of
motor imagery (MI) can be enhanced via synchronous action observation (AO), that is, by …

[HTML][HTML] The cerebellum and the Mirror Neuron System: A matter of inhibition? From neurophysiological evidence to neuromodulatory implications. A narrative review

A Antonioni, EM Raho, S Straudi, E Granieri… - Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mirror neurons show activity during both the execution (AE) and observation of actions (AO).
The Mirror Neuron System (MNS) could be involved during motor imagery (MI) as well …

The multisensory nature of human action imagery

B Krüger, M Hegele, M Rieger - Psychological Research, 2024 - Springer
Imagination can appeal to all our senses and may, therefore, manifest in very different
qualities (eg, visual, tactile, proprioceptive, or kinesthetic). One line of research addresses …

The dynamic brain networks of motor imagery: time-varying causality analysis of scalp EEG

F Li, W Peng, Y Jiang, L Song, Y Liao, C Yi… - … journal of neural …, 2019 - World Scientific
Motor imagery (MI) requires subjects to visualize the requested motor behaviors, which
involves a large-scale network that spans multiple brain areas. The corresponding cortical …

Imagined and executed actions in the human motor system: testing neural similarity between execution and imagery of actions with a multivariate approach

A Zabicki, B De Haas, K Zentgraf, R Stark… - Cerebral …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Simulation theory proposes motor imagery (MI) to be a simulation based on representations
also used for motor execution (ME). Nonetheless, it is unclear how far they use the same …

Motor imagery training: Kinesthetic imagery strategy and inferior parietal f MRI activation

F Lebon, U Horn, M Domin, M Lotze - Human brain mapping, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Motor imagery (MI) is the mental simulation of action frequently used by professionals in
different fields. However, with respect to performance, well‐controlled functional imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the effective connectivity of premotor areas during real vs imagined grasping: a DCM-PEB approach

F Bencivenga, V Sulpizio, MG Tullo, G Galati - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
The parieto-frontal circuit underlying grasping, which requires the serial involvement of the
anterior intraparietal area (aIPs) and the ventral premotor cortex (PMv), has been recently …

Hierarchical action encoding within the human brain

L Turella, R Rumiati, A Lingnau - Cerebral cortex, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Humans are able to interact with objects with extreme flexibility. To achieve this ability, the
brain does not only control specific muscular patterns, but it also needs to represent the …

[HTML][HTML] The BOLD response in primary motor cortex and supplementary motor area during kinesthetic motor imagery based graded fMRI neurofeedback

DMA Mehler, AN Williams, F Krause, M Lührs, RG Wise… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
There is increasing interest in exploring the use of functional MRI neurofeedback (fMRI-NF)
as a therapeutic technique for a range of neurological conditions such as stroke and …