Imagination - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain.

30 Aug 2009 Suggestion, a powerful factor in everyday social interaction, is most effective during hypnosis. Subjective evaluations and brain-imaging findings converge to propose that hypnotic suggestion strongly modulates sensory processing. To reveal the ... Read more...

Effects of different viewing perspectives on somatosensory activations during observation of touch.

30 Aug 2009 Previous studies showed that neurons in the monkey premotor cortex became active when performing a particular action and also when observing the same action performed by others. These findings suggest a mirror system for action observation. ... Read more...

Functional MRI in the assessment of cortical activation during gait-related imaginary tasks.

9 Aug 2009 Imaginary tasks can be used to investigate the neurophysiology of gait. In this study, we explored the cortical control of gait-related imagery in 21 healthy volunteers using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Imaginary tasks included gait ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Imagination - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of different viewing perspectives on somatosensory activations during observation of touch. 30 Aug 2009
• Functional MRI in the assessment of cortical activation during gait-related imaginary tasks. 9 Aug 2009
• Dreaming as a 'curtain of illusion': revisiting the 'royal road' with Bion as our guide. 30 Jul 2009
• Non-invasive BCI: how far can we get with motor imagination? 16 Jul 2009
• Spatial forms and mental imagery. 5 Jul 2009
• The objectification of overlearned sequences: a new view of spatial sequence synesthesia. 5 Jul 2009
• Auditory pitch imagery and its relationship to musical synchronization. 29 Jun 2009
• Imagery mismatch negativity in musicians. 29 Jun 2009
• Brain activity during visual versus kinesthetic imagery: an fMRI study. 29 Jun 2009
• Can imageability help us draw the line between storage and composition? 29 Jun 2009
• Perceptual integration of illusory and imagined kinesthetic images. 29 Jun 2009
• Robust, long-term control of an electrocorticographic brain-computer interface with fixed parameters. 29 Jun 2009
• Decoding human motor activity from EEG single trials for a discrete two-dimensional cursor control. 23 Jun 2009
• Those voices in your head: activation of auditory images during reading. 19 Jun 2009
• Evaluation of the effective connectivity of supplementary motor areas during motor imagery using Granger causality mapping. 16 Jun 2009
• Tool responsive regions in the posterior parietal cortex: effect of differences in motor goal and target object during imagined transitive movements. 8 Jun 2009
• Influence of touching an object on corticospinal excitability during motor imagery. 5 Jun 2009
• The effect of tactile discrimination training is enhanced when patients watch the reflected image of their unaffected limb during training. 4 Jun 2009
• Episodic simulation of future events is impaired in mild Alzheimer's disease. 31 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Imagination'

Definition: A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience.

Descriptor UI: D007092

Alternative terms: Imagination; Imaginations;

Related Mesh Headings: Imagery (Psychotherapy);

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.188.634;

Technical Notes: note see related IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY): use of images & imagery as a psychother technique so do not confuse with images produced by the imagination ( = IMAGINATION)