Enhanced activation of motor execution networks using action observation combined with imagination of lower limb movements.

The combination of first-person observation and motor imagery, i.e. first-person observation of limbs with online motor imagination, is commonly used in interactive 3D computer gaming and in some movie scenes. These scenarios are designed to induce a cognitive process in which a subject imagines him...

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Main Authors: Michael Villiger, Natalia Estévez, Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond, Daniel Kiper, Spyros S Kollias, Kynan Eng, Sabina Hotz-Boendermaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3756065?pdf=render