title: The suppression of the μ rhythm during the creation of imagery representation of movement.
abstract: The aim of this study was to answer the following question: are there differences between the attenuation of μ rhythms, recorded with EEG in the parietal area during observation of movement and the creation of its imaginative representation? In addition, we checked the extent to which the μ rhythm suppression depends on whether the observed and the imagined movement is performed by a human or is artificial. As a result of the experiment a significant difference in μ rhythm suppression between the conditions "Observation," "Imagery," and "White noise" was recorded. It did not matter whether the motion was carried out by a human being or performed by a machine. The results are discussed in the light of findings which relate to the mirror neuron system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Francuz
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zapała
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult