Effects of motor imagery on intermanual transfer: A near-infrared spectroscopy and behavioural study

Brain Research

Volumn 1343, Issue , 2010, Pages 93-103

  Amemiya, Kaoru ^a,b   Ishizu, Tomohiro ^b   Ayabe, Tomoaki ^c   Kojima, Shozo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral transfer; Effector independent; Intermanual transfer; Motor imagery; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Tapping sequence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEARNING; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

BEHAVIOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953617439     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.048     Document Type: Article

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