Motor imagery facilitates force field learning

• Published in: Brain Research Vol. 1395; pp. 21 - 29
• Main Authors: Anwar, Muhammad Nabeel, Tomi, Naoki, Ito, Koji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 13.06.2011; Elsevier BV; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Adaptation, Physiological - physiology; Adult; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanical Phenomena - physiology; brain; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; image analysis; Imagination; Imagination - physiology; instrumentation; Learning; Learning - physiology; Male; Mental training; methods; Miscellaneous; Motor imagery; Motor Skills; Motor Skills - physiology; Movement; Movement - physiology; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Contraction - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; muscles; Neurology; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Therapy Modalities - instrumentation; Physical Therapy Modalities - trends; physiology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Rehabilitation; reproduction; Robotics; Robotics - instrumentation; Robotics - methods; trends; Young Adult; Learning; Motor imagery; Rehabilitation; Mental training; Human; Treatment; Acquisition process; Reeducation; Force field

Humans have the ability to produce an internal reproduction of a specific motor action without any overt motor output. Recent findings show that the processes underlying motor imagery are similar to those active during motor execution and both share common neural substrates. This suggests that the i...