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The neurophysiological foundations of mental and motor imagery (Hardcover)
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The neurophysiological foundations of mental and motor imagery (Hardcover)
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Mental imagery is the ability to form perceptual-like
representations of objects or events on the basis of information
stored in memory. Motor imagery is often used when the human body
is involved, where subjects imagine the body moving or manipulating
objects. The use of mental practice, including motor imagery for
the rehabilitation of patients with cerebral motor impairments, is
one of the most active areas in the field of motor imagery
research. Such data provide evidence for imagery as a method in
stroke rehabilitation, leading to reliable reconstruction of neural
networks and thus to functional recovery.
In recent years, our understanding of imagery has advanced greatly
thanks to functional imaging studies using, for example, PET and
fMRI. There is now ample evidence that a common neural substrate
(albeit not identical) underlies mental imagery and visual
perception, on the one hand, and motor performance and motor
imagery, on the other.
This book, the first of its kind, examines three main aspects of
mental imagery. In the first part, the chapters address the neural
basis of mental and motor imagery, the relationships between mental
imagery and perception, and between motor imagery and physical
execution. In the second part, the chapters focus on the evaluation
of mental/motor imagery accuracy, including both central and
peripheral nervous system recordings. The final chapters address
the effects of mental practice on motor recovery after stroke.
Providing a state of the art review along with in-depth summaries,
meta-analyses, and research syntheses, this book will be important
for those in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and
rehabilitation.
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