Keeping an eye on imagery: The role of eye movements during motor imagery training

Neuroscience

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 37-44

  Heremans, E ^a   Smits Engelsman, B ^a,b   Caeyenberghs, K ^a   Vercruysse, S ^a   Nieuwboer, A ^a   Feys, P ^a,c   Helsen, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c PHL University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Functional equivalence; Mental practice; Motor imagery; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053575604     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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