Motor imagery training of goal-directed reaching in relation to imagery of reaching and grasping in healthy people.

ABSTRACT: The study aimed to determine whether four weeks of motor imagery training (MIT) of goal-directed reaching (reaching to grasp task) would affect the cortical activity during motor imagery of reaching (MIR) and grasping (MIG) in the same way. We examined cortical activity regarding event-related potentials (ERPs) in healthy young participants. Our study also evaluated the subjective vividness of the imagery. Furthermore, we aimed to determine the relationship between the subjective assessment of motor imagery (MI) ability to reach and grasp and the cortical activity during those tasks before and after training to understand the underlying neuroplasticity mechanisms. Twenty-seven volunteers participated in MIT of goal-directed reaching and two measurement sessions before and after MIT. During

SUBMITTER: Mencel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633838 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature