Does mental rotation emulate motor processes? An electrophysiological study of objects and body parts.

ABSTRACT: Several arguments suggest that motor planning may share embodied neural mechanisms with mental rotation (MR). However, it is not well established whether this overlap occurs regardless of the type of stimulus that is manipulated, in particular manipulable or non-manipulable objects and body parts. We here used high-density electroencephalography (EEG) to examine the cognitive similarity between MR of objects that do not afford specific hand actions (chairs) and bodily stimuli (hands). Participants had identical response options for both types of stimuli, and they gave responses orally in order to prevent possible interference with motor imagery. MR of hands and chairs generated very similar behavioral responses, time-courses and neural sources of evoked-response potentials (ERPs). ERP segm

SUBMITTER: Menendez Granda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9592819 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature