Neural Efficiency and Acquired Motor Skills: An fMRI Study of Expert Athletes

The neural efficiency hypothesis was investigated. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to study the differences in brain activity between athletes imagining performing different movements: basketball athletes imagined throwing and volleyball athletes imagined serving. These comparisons of...

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Main Authors: Lanlan Zhang, Fanghui Qiu, Hua Zhu, Mingqiang Xiang, Liangjun Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02752/full