Brain activity during visual versus kinesthetic imagery: An fMRI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2157-2172

  Guillot, Aymeric ^a,b,e   Collet, Christian ^a   Nguyen, Vo An ^c   Malouin, Francine ^b,d   Richards, Carol ^b,d   Doyon, Julien ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^e Centre de Recherche et D'Innovation sur le Sport   (France)

Author keywords

fMRI; Kinesthetic imagery; Motor cognition; Motor performance; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; KINESTHESIA; KINESTHETIC IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION; VISUAL IMAGINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649639682     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20658     Document Type: Article

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