The neurophysiological foundations of mental and motor imagery

Edited by Aymeric Guillot and Christian Collet

Include contributions from the most famous researchers in the field of imagery research, providing the reader with an integrative and complementary viewpoint of the imagery experience
Covers the different applications of imagery in learning, training and clinical rehabilitation, providing a guiding framework for imagery studies and assisting the reader in developing more effective imagery interventions
Contains practical applications as well as theoretical approaches, helping the reader to fully understand and appreciate the imagery process
Provides a state of the art review of this field of research, providing in-depth reviews, meta-analyses, and research syntheses which will contribute to summarize our knowledge and spur new research

The neurophysiological foundations of mental and motor imagery

Edited by Aymeric Guillot and Christian Collet

Description

Mental imagery is the ability to form perceptual-like representations of objects or events on the basis of information stored in memory. Motor imagery is often used when the human body is involved, where subjects imagine the body moving or manipulating objects. The use of mental practice, including motor imagery for the rehabilitation of patients with cerebral motor impairments, is one of the most active areas in the field of motor imagery research. Such data provide evidence for imagery as a method in stroke rehabilitation, leading to reliable reconstruction of neural networks and thus to functional recovery.
In recent years, our understanding of imagery has advanced greatly thanks to functional imaging studies using, for example, PET and fMRI. There is now ample evidence that a common neural substrate (albeit not identical) underlies mental imagery and visual perception, on the one hand, and motor performance and motor imagery, on the other.

This book, the first of its kind, examines three main aspects of mental imagery. In the first part, the chapters address the neural basis of mental and motor imagery, the relationships between mental imagery and perception, and between motor imagery and physical execution. In the second part, the chapters focus on the evaluation of mental/motor imagery accuracy, including both central and peripheral nervous system recordings. The final chapters address the effects of mental practice on motor recovery after stroke.

Providing a state of the art review along with in-depth summaries, meta-analyses, and research syntheses, this book will be important for those in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and rehabilitation.

The neurophysiological foundations of mental and motor imagery

Edited by Aymeric Guillot and Christian Collet

Introduction
SECTION 1: The neural substrates of mental and motor imagery
Multimodal Images in the Brain, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Giorgio Ganis and William L. Thompson
Neural bases of topographical representation in humans: Contribution of neuroimaging studies, Poirel N., Zago L., Petit L. and Mellet E.
Contribution of the primary motor cortex to motor imagery, M. Lotze and K. Zentgraf
Corticospinal facilitation during motor imagery, Cathy M Stinear
SECTION 2: Neurophysiological correlates of motor imagery
EEG Characteristics during Motor Imagery, Christa Neuper & Gert Pfurtscheller
Electromyographic activity during motor imagery, Aymeric Guillot, Florent Lebon and Christian Collet
Autonomic nervous system activities during imagined movements, C Collet and A Guillot
Neurophysiological substrates of motor imagery ability, Aymeric Guillot, Magali Louis, and Christian Collet
SECTION 3: Motor imagery in rehabilitation
Motor imagery and the rehabilitation of movement disorders: an overview, H.C. Dijkerman, M. Ietswaart and M. Johnston
An overview of the effectiveness of motor imagery after stroke: A neuroimaging approach, S.J. Page
Motor imagery for optimising the reacquisition of locomotor skills after cerebral damage, Francine Malouin, Carol L. Richards, Philip L. Jackson, Julien Doyon
Motor Imagery Practice in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Dickstein R. and Tamir R.
Blindness and motor imagery, Luis Aureliano Imbiriba, Sylvia Joffily, Erika Carvalho Rodrigues, Claudia D. Vargas.
EEG-based brain-computer communication, G. Pfurtscheller and C. Neuper
SECTION 4: Motor imagery in learning processes
Motor imagery and motor performance: evidence from the sport science literature, Aymeric Guillot, Ursula Debarnot, Magali Louis, Nady Hoyek, Christian Collet
Meta-imagery Processes Among Elite Sports Performers, Tadhg MacIntyre and Aidan Moran
The use of motor imagery in teaching surgical skills lessons from sports training, R.E. Sapien and R.G. Rogers
Movement Imagery, Observation, and Skill, Paul S.Holmes, Jennifer Cumming and Martin G. Edwards
From the mental representation of pain and emotions to empathy, Philip Jackson and Amelie M. Achim

The neurophysiological foundations of mental and motor imagery

Edited by Aymeric Guillot and Christian Collet

Author Information

Aymeric Guillot has a Ph.D. in Sport Sciences from the Claude Bernard University of Lyon (2003) and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Center of Research and Innovation in Sport in Lyon (France). Using notably the techniques of autonomic nervous system recordings, functional magnetic resonance imaging, mental chronometry and electromyography recordings, he has worked on numerous mental/motor imagery studies, investigating primarily the effect of motor imagery in motor learning and motor performance, but also in motor recovery after stroke, and during mental rotation. He has published over 50 journal articles and book chapters, including extensive reviews and meta-analyses of the motor imagery literature. Christian Collet rreceived a Ph.D. in Neurophysiology in 1995, from the Claude Bernard University of Lyon (France). He is currently Professor at the Center of Research and Innovation in Sport (France) and leader of the research team "Mental processes and Motor Performance". During the last ten years, he has conducted research in the areas of human factors in ergonomics and sports behaviour. His main research interests include mental processes in professional and sporting activities. The main topics are concerned with the general field of motor imagery (learning, mental abilities, rehabilitation) and workload (emotional reactivity control, arousal, vigilance and mind concentration).

Contributors:

Fortunato Battaglia, City University of New York, USA
Christian Collet, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France
Ruth Dickstein, University of Haifa, Israel
Chris Dijkerman, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Julien Doyon, Department of Psychology, Unité de Neuroimagerie, Quebec, Canada
Scott Frey, University of Oregon, USA
Aymeric Guillot, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France
Paul Holmes, Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Philip Jackson, Ecole de Psychologie Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Stephen Kosslyn, Psychology Department, Harvard University, USA
Martin Lotze, Arndtstrasse, Germany
Tadhg Macintyre, University College Dublin, Ireland
Francine Malouin, Quebec, Canada
Paul Maruff, School of Psychological Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
E Mellet, Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionelle, France
Christa Neuper, Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria
Stephen Page, USA
Gert Pfurtscheller, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Carol Richards, Quebec, Canada
Rebecca Rogers, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, USA
Robert Sapien, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, USA
Cathy Stinear, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Claudia Vargas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The neurophysiological foundations of mental and motor imagery

Edited by Aymeric Guillot and Christian Collet

Reviews and Awards

"This book provides an intriguing look at an oft-neglected area of mental imagery research. The theoretical and practical applications are well laid out and provide a balanced viewpoint on the current state of the science in this field."--Doody's