Motor imagery of locomotion with an additional load: actual load experience does not affect differences between physical and mental durations

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 809-816

  Munzert, Jörn ^a,c   Blischke, Klaus ^b   Krüger, Britta ^a,c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Sports Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human locomotion; Mental duration; Motor imagery; Somatosensory representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL LOAD; MOTOR IMAGERY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925465494     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-4156-x     Document Type: Article

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