Cognitive neuroscience studies in humans have enabled decades of impactful discoveries
but have primarily been limited to recording the brain activity of immobile participants in a …

Abstract Several models propose Motor Imagery, Action Observation, and Movement
Execution recruit the same brain regions. There is, however, no quantitative synthesis of the …

Ten years ago, Perspectives in Psychological Science published the Mirror Neuron Forum,
in which authors debated the role of mirror neurons in action understanding, speech …

Badminton is a racket sport for two or four people, with a temporal structure characterized by
actions of short duration and high intensity. This sport has five events: men's and women's …

Motor imagery (MI) or the mental simulation of action is now increasingly being studied
using neuroimaging techniques such as positron emission tomography and functional …

Researchers have wondered how the brain creates emotions since the early days of
psychological science. With a surge of studies in affective neuroscience in recent decades …

A fundamental issue in cognitive neuroscience is how the brain encodes others' actions and
intentions. In recent years, a potential advance in our knowledge on this issue is the …

Research on motor imagery has identified many similarities between imagined and
executed actions at the behavioral, physiological and neural levels, thus supporting their …

Background Mirror therapy is used to improve motor function after stroke. During mirror
therapy, a mirror is placed in the person's midsagittal plane, thus reflecting movements of the …

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 …