How kinesthetic motor imagery works: A predictive-processing theory of visualization in sports and motor expertise

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 53-63

  Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^a   Brass, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forward modeling; Kinesthetic visualization; Motor imagery; Perception action coordination; Predictive processing

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; KINESTHETIC MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; EFFERENT NERVE; GUIDED IMAGERY; KINESTHESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPORT;

BRAIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); KINESTHESIS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPORTS;

EID: 84929369052     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2015.02.003     Document Type: Review

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