Does motor simulation theory explain the cognitive mechanisms underlying motor imagery? A critical review

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  O’Shea, Helen ^a   Moran, Aidan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Emulation; Functional equivalence; Motor cognition; Motor imagery; Simulation theory

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; NOMENCLATURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 85014028255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00072     Document Type: Review

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