Skip to main content

Main menu

  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Blog
    • Collections
    • Podcast
  • TOPICS
    • Cognition and Behavior
    • Development
    • Disorders of the Nervous System
    • History, Teaching and Public Awareness
    • Integrative Systems
    • Neuronal Excitability
    • Novel Tools and Methods
    • Sensory and Motor Systems
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • For the Media
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • Feedback
  • SUBMIT

User menu

Search

  • Advanced search
eNeuro
eNeuro

Advanced Search

 

  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Blog
    • Collections
    • Podcast
  • TOPICS
    • Cognition and Behavior
    • Development
    • Disorders of the Nervous System
    • History, Teaching and Public Awareness
    • Integrative Systems
    • Neuronal Excitability
    • Novel Tools and Methods
    • Sensory and Motor Systems
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • For the Media
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • Feedback
  • SUBMIT
PreviousNext
Research ArticleResearch Article: New Research, Sensory and Motor Systems

Human Sensorimotor Cortex Reactivates Recent Visuomotor Experience during Awake Rest

Kenji Ogawa, Yuxiang Yang, Huixiang Yang, Fumihito Imai and Hiroshi Imamizu
eNeuro 17 April 2025, 12 (4) ENEURO.0134-25.2025; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0134-25.2025
Kenji Ogawa
1Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
2Cognitive Mechanisms Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Keihanna Science City, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Kenji Ogawa
Yuxiang Yang
1Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Huixiang Yang
1Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
3Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Fumihito Imai
1Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Hiroshi Imamizu
2Cognitive Mechanisms Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Keihanna Science City, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan
4Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Hiroshi Imamizu
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF
Loading

Article Figures & Data

Figures

  • Tables
  • Extended Data
  • Figure 1.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 1.

    Schematic description of the experimental time course and multivoxel pattern analysis (MVPA). A, Experimental schedule showing the sequence of task and resting-state (RS) scanning sessions. B, Top, Example time course of a single trial within a task session, consisting of one task block followed by one replay block. Bottom, Illustration of multivoxel activity patterns during task and replay blocks within the task sessions. These were used as task and non-task templates to train the decoder. Activity patterns from three task sessions were used for training, and the decoder was then applied to pre-RS and post-RS data to test for the presence of task-related patterns during rest.

  • Figure 2.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 2.

    Behavioral results of tracking error. Average tracking error (in pixels) between the target and the cursor during the task sessions for the right-hand group (white dots) and the left-hand group (black dots). Error bars denote SEMs.

  • Figure 3.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 3.

    Activated areas during the task block identified via mass-univariate analysis. Brain regions showing significant activation during the task block compared with the replay block for the right-hand group (green) and the left-hand group (red). Overlapping activation between groups is shown in blue, based on a conjunction analysis (logical AND operation). Activation was reported with a threshold of p < 0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons using familywise error correction, with an extent threshold of 15 voxels. MNI coordinates of the activated regions are listed in Table 1. Results are displayed on horizontal brain slices, with Z denoting the slice location in MNI space. L, left hemisphere; R, right hemisphere.

  • Figure 4.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 4.

    Classification results of task and replay block activity across task sessions. Classification accuracy for distinguishing task and replay (observation-only) block activity across the three task sessions in the precentral cortex (left) and postcentral cortex (right) for each group. Red and yellow bars indicate results from the left and right hemispheres, respectively. Gray dots represent individual participant data. Black dotted lines denote the chance level of classification. Error bars denote SEMs. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.005.

  • Figure 5.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 5.

    Percentage of volumes labeled as task patterns during resting-state (RS) sessions. Percentage of volumes classified as task-related patterns in the precentral (A) and postcentral (B) cortices during the pre-task RS (pre-RS, blue) and post-task RS (post-RS, green) sessions for each group. Gray dots represent individual participant data. L, left hemisphere; R, right hemisphere. Error bars denote SEMs. ns, non-significant; +p < 0.10; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.005.

  • Figure 6.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 6.

    Difference in the percentage of volumes labeled as task patterns between pre-task and post-task rest. Difference in the percentage of volumes labeled as (A) or more similar to (B) the task pattern relative to the non-task (replay) pattern during pre-RS and post-RS in the precentral and postcentral cortices. Panel A shows results from the classification analysis; panel B shows results from the RSA. Red and yellow bars indicate the left and right hemispheres, respectively. Gray dots represent individual participant data. Error bars denote SEMs. +p < 0.10; * p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. Extended Data Figures 6-1 and 6-2 are supporting Figure 6.

  • Figure 7.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 7.

    Correlation between MVPA results and behavioral performance. Correlation between the increase in task-pattern labeling (post-RS minus pre-RS) and the reduction in tracking error from pre- to post-task performance. The increase in classification reflects the difference in the percentage of volumes labeled as task patterns in the contralateral precentral and postcentral cortices. L, left hemisphere; R, right hemisphere.

Tables

  • Figures
  • Extended Data
    • View popup
    Table 1.

    Anatomical regions, peak voxel coordinates, and t values of observed activation during task blocks compared with replay blocks for each group

    Anatomical regionVoxelsMNI coordinatest-value
    xyz
    Right-hand group
     R cerebellum67321−49−2220.45
     L precentral/postcentral gyrus713−30−255616.09
     L thalamus55−12−19511.47
     L cerebellum63−30−58−255.62
    Left hand group
     L cerebellum400−18−52−2216.35
     R precentral/postcentral gyrus84536−135915.39
     R thalamus5512−19515.08
     L cerebellum62−21−58−4612.43
     R basal ganglia3821−7−15.94
     R central operculum2242−1149.66
     R cerebellum1530−55−225.30
    • Activation was reported at a threshold of p < 0.05, corrected for familywise error, with an extent threshold of 15 voxels. MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; L, left hemisphere; R, right hemisphere.

Extended Data

  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Figure 6-1

    Percentage of volumes labeled as task patterns during resting-state (RS) sessions using classifiers trained on individual task sessions Percentage of volumes in the precentral (A) and postcentral (B) cortices classified as task patterns versus non-task (replay) patterns during the pre-task (pre-RS, blue) and post-task (post-RS, green) RS sessions. Analyses were conducted in the hemisphere contralateral to the hand used. The classifier was independently trained on each of the three task sessions (sessions 1–3). L, left hemisphere; R, right hemisphere. Error bars denote SEMs. Download Figure 6-1, TIF file.

  • Figure 6-2

    Example of MVPA-decoded labels in the left postcentral cortex of the right-hand group Frequency of spatiotemporal patterns labeled as task-related during rest, based on MVPA classification (A) and RSA (B). Black labels indicate volumes classified as (A) or more similar to (B) the task pattern compared with the non-task (replay) pattern. In each panel, the top two plots show the task-labeled volumes for each subject (top) and the percentage of task-labeled volumes across subjects (bottom) during the pre-RS session. The bottom two plots show the same data during the post-RS session. Download Figure 6-2, TIF file.

Back to top

In this issue

eneuro: 12 (4)
eNeuro
Vol. 12, Issue 4
April 2025
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
  • Masthead (PDF)
Email

Thank you for sharing this eNeuro article.

NOTE: We request your email address only to inform the recipient that it was you who recommended this article, and that it is not junk mail. We do not retain these email addresses.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Human Sensorimotor Cortex Reactivates Recent Visuomotor Experience during Awake Rest
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from eNeuro
(Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in eNeuro.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Print
View Full Page PDF
Citation Tools
Human Sensorimotor Cortex Reactivates Recent Visuomotor Experience during Awake Rest
Kenji Ogawa, Yuxiang Yang, Huixiang Yang, Fumihito Imai, Hiroshi Imamizu
eNeuro 17 April 2025, 12 (4) ENEURO.0134-25.2025; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0134-25.2025

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Respond to this article
Share
Human Sensorimotor Cortex Reactivates Recent Visuomotor Experience during Awake Rest
Kenji Ogawa, Yuxiang Yang, Huixiang Yang, Fumihito Imai, Hiroshi Imamizu
eNeuro 17 April 2025, 12 (4) ENEURO.0134-25.2025; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0134-25.2025
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Significance Statement
    • Introduction
    • Materials and Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Footnotes
    • References
    • Synthesis
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF

Keywords

  • awake reactivation
  • fMRI multivariate pattern analysis
  • visuomotor control

Responses to this article

Respond to this article

Jump to comment:

No eLetters have been published for this article.

Related Articles

Cited By...

More in this TOC Section

Research Article: New Research

  • Deletion of endocannabinoid synthesizing enzyme DAGLα in Pcp2-positive cerebellar Purkinje cells decreases depolarization-induced short-term synaptic plasticity, reduces social preference, and heightens anxiety
  • Release of extracellular matrix components after human traumatic brain injury
  • Action intentions reactivate representations of task-relevant cognitive cues
Show more Research Article: New Research

Sensory and Motor Systems

  • Combinatorial Approaches to Restore Corticospinal Function after Spinal Cord Injury
  • Action intentions reactivate representations of task-relevant cognitive cues
  • Interference underlies attenuation upon relearning in sensorimotor adaptation
Show more Sensory and Motor Systems

Subjects

  • Sensory and Motor Systems
  • Home
  • Alerts
  • Follow SFN on BlueSky
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Facebook
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on Twitter
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on LinkedIn
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Youtube
  • Follow our RSS feeds

Content

  • Early Release
  • Current Issue
  • Latest Articles
  • Issue Archive
  • Blog
  • Browse by Topic

Information

  • For Authors
  • For the Media

About

  • About the Journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Privacy Notice
  • Contact
  • Feedback
(eNeuro logo)
(SfN logo)

Copyright © 2025 by the Society for Neuroscience.
eNeuro eISSN: 2373-2822

The ideas and opinions expressed in eNeuro do not necessarily reflect those of SfN or the eNeuro Editorial Board. Publication of an advertisement or other product mention in eNeuro should not be construed as an endorsement of the manufacturer’s claims. SfN does not assume any responsibility for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising from or related to any use of any material contained in eNeuro.