Research
Comprehensive coverage of mental imagery and action observation research—from spotlight studies and systematic reviews to measures, special issues, and peer-reviewed resources.
Spotlight Research
Highlighting recent and significant studies advancing our understanding of mental practice mechanisms and applications.
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Action Imagery and Observation in Neurorehabilitation for Parkinson's Disease (ACTION-PD): Development of a User-Informed Home Training Intervention to Improve Functional Hand Movements
Bek et al. | Parkinson’s Disease
This study demonstrated that a user-informed, home-based AO+MI programme delivered via a tablet app was feasible, well accepted by people with Parkinson's disease, and showed encouraging signs that home-based mental practice interventions can be successfully implemented.
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EEG and behavioural correlates of different forms of motor imagery during action observation in rhythmical actions
Eaves et al. | Brain and Cognition
This study showed that different forms of combined action observation and motor imagery (AO+MI) produce distinct behavioural and neurophysiological effects, providing some of the first neurophysiological evidence that different dual action simulation states can be distinguished experimentally.
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Structural and Functional Features Characterising the Brains of Individuals with Higher Controllability of Motor Imagery
Furuta, Morita, Miura & Naito | Scientific Reports
People with better motor imagery ability have stronger structural and functional connections within a frontoparietal brain network, suggesting that successful motor imagery depends more on efficient communication between brain regions than on activity within any single region.
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