Motor Imagery Neuroscience | Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB

Motor Imagery and the Brain — What M1 Activation Really Means for Performance Motor imagery is the deliberate rehearsal of a movement without executing it, and it produces measurable change in the corticospinal system. Two decades of neuroimaging argued about whether the primary motor cortex lights up during imagery; the honest answer is that BOLD scans miss what electrophysiology sees. Oscillatory biomarkers in the alpha and beta bands reveal the real signal. ...

April 23, 2026 · 11 min · 2273 words · Dr. Sydney Ceruto