Enhancing motor imagery practice using synchronous action observation

DL Eaves, NJ Hodges, G Buckingham, G Buccino… - Psychological …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we discuss a variety of ways in which practising motor actions by means of
motor imagery (MI) can be enhanced via synchronous action observation (AO), that is, by …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses

S Chye, AC Valappil, DJ Wright, C Frank… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Motor simulation interventions involving motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO)
have received considerable interest in the behavioral sciences. A growing body of research …

Guidelines for reporting action simulation studies (GRASS): proposals to improve reporting of research in motor imagery and action observation

M Moreno-Verdú, G Hamoline, EE Van Caenegem… - Neuropsychologia, 2024 - Elsevier
Researchers from multiple disciplines have studied the simulation of actions through motor
imagery, action observation, or their combination. Procedures used in these studies vary …

[HTML][HTML] Twenty years of PETTLEP imagery: An update and new direction for simulation-based training

MW Scott, DJ Wright, D Smith, PS Holmes - Asian Journal of Sport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research has shown that motor imagery (MI) interventions, involving the systematic and
repeated imagination of visual and kinaesthetic components of movements, can enhance …

Do you have a good all-around view? Evaluation of a decision-making skills diagnostic tool using 360 videos and head-mounted displays in elite youth soccer

O Höner, D Dugandzic, T Hauser… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Elite youth players' decision-making skills are considered important predictors of adult
performance in soccer. The presentation of 360° videos in head-mounted displays offers …

Effects of physical health beliefs on college students' physical exercise behavior intention: Mediating effects of exercise imagery

L Zhang, D Bai, P Song, J Zhang - BMC psychology, 2024 - Springer
Objective This study explores the relationship between physical health beliefs and physical
exercise behavior intention of college students and constructs a mediation model through …

Imagery training for athletes with low imagery abilities

J Rhodes, K Nedza, J May… - Journal of Applied Sport …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Imagery training, specifically visual and kinesthetic imagery training, is a well-established
method of increasing performance in sport. However, some athletes may have impoverished …

Considering the need for movement variability in motor imagery training: implications for sport and rehabilitation

R Lindsay, S Spittle, M Spittle - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Restoring an individual's movement ability when neuromuscular control and motor functions
have been diminished is a key challenge facing rehabilitation practitioners. For example …

Consistent under-reporting of task details in motor imagery research

EE Van Caenegem, G Hamoline, BM Waltzing… - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Motor Imagery is a subject of longstanding scientific interest. However, critical details of
motor imagery protocols are not always reported in full, hampering direct replication and …

Motor imagery drives the effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability for coordinative lower-limb actions

N Grilc, AC Valappil, NA Tillin, OS Mian, DJ Wright… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Combined action observation and motor imagery (AOMI) facilitates corticospinal excitability
(CSE) and may potentially induce plastic-like changes in the brain in a similar manner to …