scholarly journals Motor system plasticity after unilateral injury in the developing brain

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1224-1229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preston T J A Williams ◽  
Yu-Qiu Jiang ◽  
John H Martin
Keyword(s):  
Motor System ◽  
Developing Brain ◽  
Unilateral Injury

Does the Motor System Facilitate Spatial Imagery?

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Krüger ◽  
Horst Krist
Keyword(s):  
Motor System ◽  
Third Graders ◽  
External Support ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Perceptual Condition ◽  
Imagery Condition ◽  
Passive Rotation ◽  
Perception Condition ◽  
Motor Condition ◽  
Dynamic Imagery

Abstract. Recent studies have ascertained a link between the motor system and imagery in children. A motor effect on imagery is demonstrated by the influence of stimuli-related movement constraints (i. e., constraints defined by the musculoskeletal system) on mental rotation, or by interference effects due to participants’ own body movements or body postures. This link is usually seen as qualitatively different or stronger in children as opposed to adults. In the present research, we put this interpretation to further scrutiny using a new paradigm: In a motor condition we asked our participants (kindergartners and third-graders) to manually rotate a circular board with a covered picture on it. This condition was compared with a perceptual condition where the board was rotated by an experimenter. Additionally, in a pure imagery condition, children were instructed to merely imagine the rotation of the board. The children’s task was to mark the presumed end position of a salient detail of the respective picture. The children’s performance was clearly the worst in the pure imagery condition. However, contrary to what embodiment theories would suggest, there was no difference in participants’ performance between the active rotation (i. e., motor) and the passive rotation (i. e., perception) condition. Control experiments revealed that this was also the case when, in the perception condition, gaze shifting was controlled for and when the board was rotated mechanically rather than by the experimenter. Our findings indicate that young children depend heavily on external support when imagining physical events. Furthermore, they indicate that motor-assisted imagery is not generally superior to perceptually driven dynamic imagery.

Electrophysiology as a Window Into the Developing Brain During Infancy

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Y. Chiao ◽  
Genna M. Bebko
Keyword(s):  
Developing Brain

Higher-order representations of newly learnt action sounds in the human motor system

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Waszak ◽  
S. Schuetz-Bosbach ◽  
C. Weiss ◽  
L. Ticini
Keyword(s):  
Motor System ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Human Motor

EEG Investigation of Motor System Activity During Language Comprehension

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Carranza ◽  
Matthew Bachman ◽  
Michael P. Kaschak ◽  
Edward M. Bernat ◽  
John L. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Motor System ◽  
System Activity

An Inverter-Driven Induction Motor System with a Deadlock Breaking Capability

2012 ◽  
Vol 132 (8) ◽  
pp. 802-807
Author(s):  
Takuto Ichikawa ◽  
Toshiya Yoshida ◽  
Osamu Miyashita
Keyword(s):  
Induction Motor ◽  
Motor System

209-OR: ADA Presidents' Select Abstract: Type 1 Diabetes and the Developing Brain—A Longitudinal Study of Brain Growth by the Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet)

Diabetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 209-OR ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA MARIA ARBELAEZ ◽  
STEFANI O’DONOGHUE ◽  
NELLY MAURAS ◽  
BRUCE A. BUCKINGHAM ◽  
NEIL H. WHITE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Developing Brain ◽  
Diabetes Research ◽  
Brain Growth ◽  
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