Investigating the impact of mental rehearsal on prefrontal and motor cortical haemodynamic responses in surgeons using optical neuroimaging
Mental rehearsal may enhance surgical skill acquisition and technical proficiency by reducing utilization of attentional resources in the prefrontal cortex and improving neural efficiency in motor areas during a laparoscopic surgical task.
Authors
- Daniel Leff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-1046)
- Ara Wardkes Darzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7815-7989)
- Harsimrat Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2137-2757)
- Maia Osborne-Grinter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-5133)
- Ronak Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2386-0102)
- H. Modi
Institutions
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1386005
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.29