運動イメージにおける脳イメージング研究の動向

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A number of national level athletes use imagery for enhancement of their performance and preparation of competition. Hence researchers have been striving to understand the use of imagery by athletes with ultimate goal being the development of more effective imagery training intervention. Present finding that motor imagery is a neural process of mental rehearsal of a movement by activating motor-relate areas, which are normally engaged in the actual execution of movement. The principle of this functional equivalence suggests that similar neural processes are involved in the physical execution, mental simulation and observation of movement since each operation is proposed to be assigned to the same internal brain representation. It was proposed that a better understanding of the athletes' images can serve as a guide to future research from a practical perspective, facilitate the development of more effective imagery interventions. What we will present, therefore, is an approach based on fundamental cognitive neuropsychology in an attempt to provide a better understanding of mechanism involved in the motor imagery. If we recognize that sport is not performed in a hyper-relaxed state, we should also recognize that the motor imagery of sport should not be either.
中京大学の論文
2004-11-20