Mental Practice - Clinical and Experimental Research in Imagery and Action Observation

• Auteur principal: Magdalena Ietswaart (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Martin Gareth Edwards (auth), Philip L. Jackson (auth), Andrew J. Butler (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Neurosciences; Mental Practice; Cognitive neuroscience; action simulation; action observation; imagery
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There is now strong evidence demonstrating that the brain simulates action and other functions. Such action simulation can be evoked through conscious mental rehearsal of movement or imagery, but also through passive action observation watching movements in others. Furthermore, there is evidence to...