title: Investigating central mechanisms underlying the effects of action observation and imagery through transcranial magnetic stimulation.
abstract: Sport and exercise psychologists provide some interventions for clients based on limited direct evidence and partial understanding of the mechanisms that underpin their efficacy. The authors review a recent technique, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which offers a tested procedure for investigating cortical activity during observation and imagery processes. They provide a detailed description of the TMS protocol and highlight some of the key studies that inform sport and exercise psychology research. Finally, the authors offer some thoughts on the direct application to practice.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Performance Research, Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe, England. m.loporto@mmu.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loporto
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hardwick
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*