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Motor Imagery and Mental Practice

We are studying mental imagery and mental practice from a variety of perspectives. First we seek to characterize the cortical representations of motor imagery for healthy individuals and compare it to those with individuals post-stroke. Ultimately we are interested in identifying for which sub-set of individuals post-stroke will mental practice be a useful intervention. Studies of upper and lower extremity use are being performed.

Second, we are also using mental practice to improve motor performance for healthy individuals and for individuals post-stroke. Using behavioral and brain imaging measures we are correlating behavioral recovery with cortical re-organization. Some of these studies are in collaboration with Ruth Dickstein at Haifa University.