Procedural Learning through Action Observation: Preliminary Evidence from Virtual Gardening Activity in Intellectual Disability.

Intellectual disability (ID) compromises intellectual and adaptive functioning. People with an ID show difficulty with procedural skills, with loss of autonomy in daily life. From an embodiment perspective, observation of action promotes motor skill learning.

Using Body Ownership to Modulate the Motor System in Stroke Patients.

Recent findings suggest that body ownership can activate the motor system in the absence of movement execution. Here, we investigated whether such a process promotes motor recovery in stroke patients. A group of patients with left-hemisphere damage ( = 12) and chronic motor deficits completed an immersive virtual reality training (three sessions of 15 min each week for 11 weeks).

Does COVID-19 Impact Less on Post-stroke Aphasia? This Is Not the Case.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly affected people's mental health resulting in severe psychological consequences. One of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide is aphasia. The language changes experienced by a person with aphasia (PWA) often have a sudden and long-lasting negative impact on social interaction, quality of life, and emotional wellbeing.