Presentation 2016-07-16
The relationship between motor imagery and motor performance
Yuko Sagara, Shohei Dobashi, Masao Inoue, Shinji Kotani, Katuhiro Koyama,
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Abstract(in English) Although previous studies focused on the correlation between brain activities and the motor imagery capability, whether brain activities during motor imagery may relate to actual motor performances are poorly investigated. Therefore, we examined the relation between brain activities during motor imagery and various motor performances. The participants completed the experiments, including brain activity and four motor performance tests in the present study. At first, the participants were assessed brain activated area and mass, i.e., oxygenated-hemoglobin (oxy-Hb), during motor imagery of the four motor performances (darts, walking on the balance beam, picking up beans with chopsticks, and single-foot standing with eyes closed) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (LABNIRS). After that, we also measured their motor performances corresponding motor imaging tasks. As a result, oxy-Hb in prefrontal and right motor area were significantly increased during motor imagery of darts, but decreased during that of single-foot standing with eyes closed in high achiever. These findings indicate that brain activities during motor imagery of various performances might be different by achievements of actual performance and the targets of imagery.
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Keyword(in English) motor imagery / motor performance / oxygenated-hemoglobin / LABNIRS
Paper # WIT2016-30
Date of Issue 2016-07-08 (WIT)

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Committee WIT
Conference Date 2016/7/15(2days)
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Place (in English) University of Yamanashi Organization for Information Management
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Topics (in English) Well-being Information Technology, etc.
Chair Kiyohiko Nunokawa(Tokyo International Univ.)
Vice Chair Chikamune Wada(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Chikamune Wada(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Tomohiro Amemiya(NTT) / Takeaki Shionome(Tohoku Bunka Gakuen Univ.) / Manabi Miyagi(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Takashi Handa(Saitama Industrial Technology Center)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) The relationship between motor imagery and motor performance
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Keyword(1) motor imagery
Keyword(2) motor performance
Keyword(3) oxygenated-hemoglobin
Keyword(4) LABNIRS
1st Author's Name Yuko Sagara
1st Author's Affiliation University of Yamanashi(Yamanashi Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Shohei Dobashi
2nd Author's Affiliation University of Yamanashi(Yamanashi Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Masao Inoue
3rd Author's Affiliation Shimadzu Corporation(Shimadzu Corp.)
4th Author's Name Shinji Kotani
4th Author's Affiliation University of Yamanashi(Yamanashi Univ.)
5th Author's Name Katuhiro Koyama
5th Author's Affiliation University of Yamanashi(Yamanashi Univ.)
Date 2016-07-16
Paper # WIT2016-30
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) WIT-139
Page pp.pp.41-45(WIT),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2016-07-08 (WIT)