Publication: Neural processes mediating the preparation and release of focal motor output are suppressed or absent during imagined movement
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PDF This study investigated whether movements that were “imaged” or “imagined” to be executed involved a build up of preparatory activation in brain structures in a similar way as movements that were actually executed. By using a loud startling acoustic stimulus, we are able to elicit pre-planned movements if they…