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TY - JOUR
T1 - Guidelines for Reporting Action Simulation Studies (GRASS)
T2 - proposals to improve reporting of research in Motor Imagery and Action Observation
AU - Moreno-Verdú, Marcos
AU - Vogt, Stefan
PY - 2024/1/10
Y1 - 2024/1/10
N2 - Researchers from multiple disciplines have studied the simulation of actions through motor imagery, action observation, or their combination. Procedures used in these studies vary considerably between research groups, and no standardized approach to reporting experimental protocols has been proposed. This has led to under-reporting of critical details, impairing the assessment, replication, synthesis, and potential clinical translation of effects. We provide an overview of issues related to the reporting of information in action simulation studies, and discuss the benefits of standardized reporting. We propose a series of checklists that identify key details of research protocols to include when reporting action simulation studies. Each checklist comprises A) essential methodological details, B) essential details that are relevant to a specific mode of action simulation, and C) further points that may be useful on a case-by-case basis. We anticipate that the use of these guidelines will improve the understanding, reproduction, and synthesis of studies using action simulation, and enhance the translation of research using motor imagery and action observation to applied and clinical settings. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.]
AB - Researchers from multiple disciplines have studied the simulation of actions through motor imagery, action observation, or their combination. Procedures used in these studies vary considerably between research groups, and no standardized approach to reporting experimental protocols has been proposed. This has led to under-reporting of critical details, impairing the assessment, replication, synthesis, and potential clinical translation of effects. We provide an overview of issues related to the reporting of information in action simulation studies, and discuss the benefits of standardized reporting. We propose a series of checklists that identify key details of research protocols to include when reporting action simulation studies. Each checklist comprises A) essential methodological details, B) essential details that are relevant to a specific mode of action simulation, and C) further points that may be useful on a case-by-case basis. We anticipate that the use of these guidelines will improve the understanding, reproduction, and synthesis of studies using action simulation, and enhance the translation of research using motor imagery and action observation to applied and clinical settings. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.]
KW - AO + MI
KW - AOMI
KW - Action observation and motor imagery
KW - Action observation system
KW - Action simulation
KW - Mental imagery
KW - Mirror neurons
KW - Motor imagery
KW - Motor simulation
KW - Movement control
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108733
DO - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108733
M3 - Review article
VL - 192
JO - Neuropsychologia
JF - Neuropsychologia
SN - 0028-3932
M1 - 108733
ER -