The ideomotor theory of voluntary behavior assumes that the selection and control of a concrete goal-directed movement depends on imagining its direct perceptual consequences. However, this perception-guided assumption neglects the fact that behavioral control entails a hierarchical mechanism wherein conceptual expectations - action goals - can modulate lower level perceptuo-motor representatio...

1National Reference Centre for Hantavirus Infections, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2Laboratory Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 3Zoonosis Science Center, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala Un...

The present study was aimed at measuring citizens’ behavior intention (BI) regarding mandatory and voluntary pro-environmental programs. Two pro-environmental activities, which consist of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) as a mandatory program and ecolabel products as a voluntary program, were predicted by a pro-environmental planned behavior (PEPB) model. A total of 240 questionnaire d...

BACKGROUND Voluntary non-remunerated blood donors are considered the best among all different types of blood donors for improving the supply of safe blood. Though safe blood transfusion services have improved in Pakistan, but efforts are still required to optimize blood banks and improve recruitment of voluntary donors, such as senior school/college going students as a source of safe blood. Thi...

The twitch occlusion technique is a promising tool for use in accessing central drive to the diaphragm and determining maximal transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) from submaximal efforts. It clinical use is limited by difficulties inherent to bilateral electrical stimulation (BES) of the phrenic nerves. This study was designed to revisit the technique using cervical magnetic stimulation (CMS). In...

Following spinal cord injury, severe deficits result from damages to ascending and descending tracts, such as the corticospinal tract (CST) which is highly relevant for the motor execution in humans. Unfortunately, no curative treatment is available and intensive efforts are deployed in animal models, such as the CST transection model, to identify interventions providing functional regeneration...