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We use functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate short-term neural effects of a brief sensorimotor intervention adapted from the Feldenkrais method, a movement-based learning method. Twenty-one participants (10 men, 19–30 years) took part in the study. Participants were in a supine position in the scanner with extended legs while an experienced Feldenkrais practitioner used a planar board to touch and apply minimal force to different parts of the sole and toes of their left foot under two experimental conditions. In the  local  condition, the practitioner explored movement within foot and ankle. In the  global  condition, the practitioner focused on the connection and support from the foot to the rest of the body. Before  (baseline)  and after each intervention  (post-local, post-global) , we measured brain activity during intermittent pushing/releasing with the left leg and during resting state. Independent localizer tasks were used to identify regions of interest (ROI). Brain activity during left-foot pushing did not significantly differ between conditions in sensorimotor areas. Resting state activity (regional homogeneity, ReHo) increased from  baseline  to  post-local  in medial right motor cortex, and from  baseline  to  post-global  in the left supplementary/cingulate motor area. Contrasting  post-global  to  post-local  showed higher ReHo in right lateral motor cortex. ROI analyses showed significant increases in ReHo in pushing-related areas from  baseline  to both  post-local  and  post-global , and this increase tended to be more pronounced  post-local . The results of this exploratory study show that a short, non-intrusive sensorimotor intervention can have short-term effects on spontaneous cortical activity in functionally related brain regions. Increased resting state activity in higher-order motor areas supports the hypothesis that the  global  intervention engages action-related neural processes.

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Changes in neural resting state activity in primary and higher-order motor areas induced by a short sensorimotor intervention based on the Feldenkrais method