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Review
. 1995 Dec;5(6):727-32.
doi: 10.1016/0959-4388(95)80099-9.

Mental motor imagery: a window into the representational stages of action

M Jeannerod  1 , J Decety
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Mental motor imagery: a window into the representational stages of action

M Jeannerod et al. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1995 Dec.

Abstract

The physiological basis of mental states can be effectively studied by combining cognitive psychology with human neuroscience. Recent research has employed mental motor imagery in normal and brain-damaged subjects to decipher the content and the structure of covert processes preceding the execution of action. The mapping of brain activity during motor imagery discloses a pattern of activation similar to that of an executed action.

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