The impact of body posture on intrinsic brain activity: the role of beta power at rest

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The way in which body posture manipulations modulate sensorimotor perceptual tasks is well known, as well as the involvement of beta power in the inhibition and disinhibition of motor mechanisms; however, the impact of the body posture on beta band oscillatory activity in a resting state condition is still unknown. Our results suggest that an increased beta power in the tied hands condition, compared to free hands condition, which might also explain the constrained hands effect commonly observed when participants perform perceptual action-related tasks.

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