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Published on: September 11, 2017
Changes in the Brain with an External Focus of Attention: Neural Correlates
Yves-Alain Kuhn1, Wolfgang Taube
1Department of Neurosciences and Movement Science, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Although it is well established that an external compared to an internal focus of attention enhances motor performance and learning, the underlying neural mechanisms remained relatively underexplored. Recent studies revealed that adopting different attentional strategies results in a differential corticomotor organization. These findings hold great potential for applying attentional strategies for healthy subjects and populations that display motor deficiencies.
