Mental practice promotes motor anticipation: evidence from skilled music performance

Mental practice promotes motor anticipation: evidence from skilled music performance

Mental practice (MP) has been shown to improve movement accuracy and velocity, but it is not known whether MP can also optimize movement timing. We addressed this question by studying two groups of expert pianists who performed challenging music sequences after either MP or physical practice (PP). P...

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Main Authors: Nicolò Francesco Bernardi, Matteo eDe Buglio, Pietro Davide Trimarchi, Alfonso eChielli, Emanuela eBricolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Motor Imagery
motor coordination
coarticulation
music performance
Mental Practice
auditory imagery
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00451/full

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