No increase in corticospinal excitability during motor simulation provides a platform to explore the neurophysiology of aphantasia

Maaike Esselaar; Paul S Holmes; Matthew W Scott; David J Wright

doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcae084

No increase in corticospinal excitability during motor simulation provides a platform to explore the neurophysiology of aphantasia

Brain Commun. 2024 Mar 21;6(2):fcae084. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae084. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Maaike Esselaar¹, Paul S Holmes², Matthew W Scott^{3

4}, David J Wright⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK.
² Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 7EL, UK.
³ School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z1.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada V1V 1V7.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M15 6GX, UK.

Abstract

This scientific commentary refers to 'Explicit and implicit motor simulations are impaired in individuals with aphantasia', by Dupont et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae072) in Brain Communications.