The Neural Implementation of Surgical Expertise Within the Mirror-Neuron System: An fMRI Study

The Neural Implementation of Surgical Expertise Within the Mirror-Neuron System: An fMRI Study

Motor expertise is an important aspect of high-level performance in professional tasks such as surgery. While recently it has been shown that brain activation as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) within the mirror-neuron system (MNS) is modulated by expertise in sports and mus...

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Main Authors: Ellen Kok, Anique B. De Bruin, Koos van Geel, Andreas Gegenfurtner, Ide Heyligers, Bettina Sorger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
fMRI
(motor) expertise
professional expertise
(orthopedic) surgery
mirror-neuron system
action observation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00291/full

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