Is it necessary to show virtual limbs in action observation neurorehabilitation systems?

Action observation neurorehabilitation systems are usually based on the observation of a virtual limb performing different kinds of actions. In this way, the activity in the frontoparietal Mirror Neuron System is enhanced, which can be helpful to rehabilitate stroke patients. However, the presence o...

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Main Author: Modroño, Cristián (author)
Other Authors: Bermúdez, Sergi (author), Cameirão, Mónica (author), Pereira, Fábio (author), Paulino, Teresa (author), Marcano, Francisco (author), Hernández-Martín, Estefanía (author), Plata-Bello, Julio (author), Palenzuela, Nereida (author), Núñez-Pádron, Daniel (author), Pérez-González, José M (author), González-Mora, José L (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
fMRI
Neurorehabilitation
Action observation
Virtual reality
Virtual limbs
Mirror neurons
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Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3079
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:digituma.uma.pt:10400.13/3079
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Summary:Action observation neurorehabilitation systems are usually based on the observation of a virtual limb performing different kinds of actions. In this way, the activity in the frontoparietal Mirror Neuron System is enhanced, which can be helpful to rehabilitate stroke patients. However, the presence of limbs in such systems might not be necessary to produce mirror activity, for example, frontoparietal mirror activity can be produced just by the observation of virtual tool movements. The objective of this work was to explore to what point the presence of a virtual limb impacts the Mirror Neuron System activity in neurorehabilitation systems.

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