Movement-Based Priming: Clinical Applications and Neural Mechanisms. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stoykov, Mary Ellen; Corcos, Daniel Montie; Madhavan, Sangeetha
• Is Part Of: Journal of motor behavior. Volume 49:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 88
• Page End: 97
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: bilateral -- motor -- occupational therapy -- priming; Human mechanics -- Periodicals; Movement, Psychology of -- Periodicals; Motor Activity -- Periodicals; Motor Skills -- Periodicals; Bewegingsleer; Mécanique humaine -- Périodiques; Psychomotricité -- Périodiques; 612.705
• DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2016.1250716
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2895

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Priming can be described as behavior change generated by preceding stimuli. Although various types of priming have been long studied in the field of psychology, priming that targets motor cortex is a relatively new topic of research in the fields of motor control and rehabilitation. In reference to a rehabilitation intervention, priming is categorized as a restorative approach. There are a myriad of possible priming approaches including noninvasive brain stimulation, motor imagery, and sensory-based priming, to name a few. The authors report on movement-based priming which, compared to other priming types, is less frequently examined and under reported. Movement-based priming includes, but is not limited to, bilateral motor priming, unilateral priming, and aerobic exercise. Clinical and neural mechanistic aspects of movement-based priming techniques are explored.