Short-Term Kinesthetic Training for Sensorimotor Rhythms: Effects in Experts and Amateurs |
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| Authors: | Dariusz Zapała Emilia Zabielska-Mendyk Andrzej Cudo Agnieszka Krzysztofiak Paweł Augustynowicz Piotr Francuz |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Experimental Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Polandd.zapala@gmail.com;3. Department of Experimental Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland;4. Institute of Economics and Finance, Maria Curie-Sk?odowska University, Lublin, Poland |
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| Abstract: | The authors’ aim was to examine whether short-term kinesthetic training affects the level of sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) in different frequency band: alpha (8–12 Hz), lower beta (12.5–16 Hz) and beta (16.5–20 Hz) during the execution of a motor imagery task of closing and opening the right and the left hand by experts (jugglers, practicing similar exercises on an everyday basis) and amateurs (individuals not practicing any sports). It was found that the performance of short kinesthetic training increases the power of alpha rhythm when executing imagery tasks only in the group of amateurs. Therefore, kinesthetic training may be successfully used as a method increasing the vividness of motor imagery, for example, in tasks involving the control of brain–computer interfaces based on SMR. |
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| Keywords: | sensorimotor rhythms kinesthetic training jugglery motor imagery EEG |
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