Topic: tactile imagery

Understanding how the brain processes motor and tactile imagery is crucial for advancing motor control and rehabilitation.However,there is a knowledge gap in research where EEG recordings are combined with TMS to study the effects of imagery:little is known about tactile imagery (TI) effects.In this study, we aimed to bridge this gap by examining corticospinal excitability during motor imagery (MI) and TI using TMS-EEG.Our previous findings demonstrated that both MI and TI increase corticospinal excitability,with MI having a stronger effect,whereas tactile stimulation (TS) decreases corticospi

Imagery of sensations and attention to them are mental operations that have similarities but differ in function. Imagery generates internal sensory representations while attention prioritizes external or internal signals. This distinction is less clear in certain sensory systems such as the somatosensory system. Our study aimed to explore neural activity changes induced by tactile imagery (TI) and tactile attention (TA). Given the established facilitatory effect of TI on somatosensory processing, our study also aimed to investigate the effects of TA on somatosensory processing.Ten participants