ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of neuroscience research and findings related to motor expertise. It focuses on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies on motor expertise in real-world tasks. The chapter provides a narrative review of the neural correlates of motor expertise. Three different types of experimental paradigms have been employed to investigate motor expertise in an fMRI scanner: action observation, motor imagery, and task execution. The chapter provides a comprehensive overview of research related to effects of motor expertise development on the structural aspects of the brain. The domains studied in neuroscience research on motor expertise have mostly focused on music and sports expertise. Although gross alterations to theory and implications for practice are not expected, neuroscience research is by now an intrinsic part of expertise development research and continuously contributes to the knowledge of motor expertise development.
