Cognitive motor processes: The role of motor imagery in the study of motor representations

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-326

  Munzert, Jörn ^a   Lorey, Britta ^a   Zentgraf, Karen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Mental simulation theory; Mental training; Motor imagery; Neural plasticity; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 67349286204     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2008.12.024     Document Type: Review

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