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

• Main Author: Magdalena Ietswaart (auth)
• Other Authors: Martin Gareth Edwards (auth), Philip L. Jackson (auth), Andrew J. Butler (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Mental Practice; Cognitive neuroscience; action simulation; action observation; imagery
• Online Access: 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...