Brain plasticity induced by Motor Imagery Training: Role of cognitive abilities, interoceptive sensibility and hypnotizability

Brain plasticity induced by Motor Imagery Training: Role of cognitive abilities, interoceptive sensibility and hypnotizability | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 9 September 2025 V1 View latest version Share on Brain plasticity induced by Motor Imagery Training: Role of cognitive abilities, interoceptive sensibility and hypnotizability Authors : Eleonora Malloggi 0000-0002-7135-7977 [email protected] and Enrica Santarcangelo 0000-0003-2519-1491 Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175741765.52272631/v1 247 views 91 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract High hypnotizability predicts greater similarity between the cortical correlates of actual and imagined action. The study investigated whether motor imagery (MI) training (MIT) can improve the subjective experience, chronometric indices, and the EEG correlates of MI in the general population, and whether the eventual improvement is influenced by absorption,imagery abilities and interoceptive sensibility. Participants with high, medium, and low hypnotizability scores (according to the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form A) participated in a session before training (S1) and another session after 15-day motor imagery training (S2). Each session included baseline conditions (B), actual sequential movements (M), visual (V) and kinesthetic imagery (K) of the same movements. Alpha and beta power spectral densities (PSD) decreased in S2 compared to S1 in all participants in task and baseline conditions, indicating brain plasticity. The subjective experience and alpha PSD changed between conditions and sessions independently of hypnotizability which, in contrast, influenced low-beta PSD. Its influence on high-beta was masked by interoceptive sensibility. Absorption and interoceptive sensibility accounted for training-induced PSD changes, imagery abilities and absorption sustained the increase in the subjective efficacy of imagery, whereas chronometric indices did not differ between S1 and S2.[In](http://rate.in) conclusion, MIT induces brain plasticity and can be effective in the general population, being useful to neurorehabilitation treatments. Supplementary Material File (manuscript.docx) Download 2.92 MB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 09 September 2025 V2 Version 2 24 November 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Authors Affiliations Eleonora Malloggi 0000-0002-7135-7977 [email protected] Universita degli Studi di Trento Dipartimento di Fisica View all articles by this author Enrica Santarcangelo 0000-0003-2519-1491 Universita degli Studi di Pisa Dipartimento di Ricerca Traslazionale e delle Nuove Tecnologie in Medicina e Chirurgia View all articles by this author Funding Information Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Contract n. 2024-5-E.0 - CUP n. I53D24000060005 Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 247 views 91 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Eleonora Malloggi, Enrica Santarcangelo. Brain plasticity induced by Motor Imagery Training: Role of cognitive abilities, interoceptive sensibility and hypnotizability. Authorea . 09 September 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175741765.52272631/v1 If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. 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