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17643238

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Behavioural and functional neuroanatomy studies demonstrate that mental rotation of body parts is carried out through a sort of inner motor simulation. Here we examined whether changes of hands posture influence the mental rotation of hands and feet. Twenty healthy subjects were asked to verbally judge the laterality of hands and feet pictures in two different postural conditions. In one condition, subjects kept hands on their knees in anatomical position; in the other, their hands were kept in an unusual posture with intertwined fingers, behind the back. Results show that mental rotation of hands but not of feet was influenced by changes in hands posture. Indeed, while mental rotation of hands was faster in the front than in the back hands position, no similar effect was found when mentally rotating feet. Thus, sensory-motor and postural information coming from the body may influence mental rotation of body parts according to specific, somatotopic rules.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
183
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of hands posture on mental rotation of hands and feet.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Sciences and Bioimaging, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University of Chieti-Pescara G. D'Annunzio, via dei Vestini 33, 66013, Chieti Scalo, Italy. silvio.ionta@uniroma1.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't