Role of the primary motor cortex in the early boost in performance following mental imagery training

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Debarnot, Ursula ^a   Clerget, Emeline ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055061064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026717     Document Type: Article

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