Motor imagery while judging object-hand interactions.
(2005) NeuroReport : for rapid communication of neuroscience research — Vol. 16, n° 11, p. 1193-1196 (2005)
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- Because corticospinal excitability, as assessed with transcranial magnetic stimulation, has been repeatedly shown to increase during motor imagery, we used this approach to determine whether appreciating object-hand interactions involves motor imagery. Corticospinal excitability was measured in nine healthy participants who were asked to decide whether a hand presented in a given posture was compatible with the use of an object. The control task consisted in deciding whether two hands were in the same posture; a dimming task was used to determine the baseline. We found a significant increase in corticospinal excitability while judging object-hand interactions in comparison with the two other tasks. This finding suggests that predicting the consequences of an action involves implicit motor imagery.
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Pelgrims, B., Andres, M., & Olivier, E. (2005). Motor imagery while judging object-hand interactions. NeuroReport : for rapid communication of neuroscience research, 16(11), 1193-1196. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200508010-00012 (Original work published 2005)