MEG Brain Activity in Elite Female Ice Hockey Players During Motor Imagery

Eight elite female ice hockey players underwent magnetoencephalography (MEG) scans while visualizing a scripted play. The study identified a principal hub of neural activity in the posterior left hemisphere cortex surrounding the intraparietal sulcus. This dataset, authored by Audrey Alice Potts and last updated in March 2026, contains the results of this exploratory analysis.

Use Cases

• Identify brain regions activated during complex motor imagery based on MEG data contrasts.
• Study the neural substrate of conscious thought and visualization in elite athletes.
• Compare neural activity during imagery versus resting state or mental counting control conditions.

Strengths

• Data is from a controlled MEG study using a PETTLEP-guided scripted imagery task.
• Neural activity in a specific brain region was reliably activated across all eight participants.
• Analysis employed a frequency-domain beamformer and cluster-based permutation test for significance.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 185.2 KB, suggesting limited scope.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The sample size is limited to eight elite female athletes, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Audrey Alice Potts via figshare

Collection Method

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) data collected during an experimental block design with scripted imagery and control conditions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:43:19