Observing walking with asymmetric treadmill belt speeds induces stronger activation of the action observation network than normal walking
Masaya Kitamura, Tadao Ishikura, Kiyotaka Kamibayashi
Abstract
4## Discussion This study aimed to investigate how motor experience and visual familiarity influence brain activity during the observation of walking in the tied condition as well as in the initial and late periods of the split-belt condition. The observers had not experienced and were visually unfamiliar with walking in the split-belt condition. Our results showed that observing other individuals’ walking activated a wide range of the occipito-temporal-parietal and frontal cortices as well as the left cerebellum, irrespective of the observed walking condition. These findings indicate that the
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