Hi
Another potential starting point (if you can find the journal and
article) is the following short paper by Allen Paivio, who
conceptualized mental imagery's benefits in terms of skill and
motivational factors. The 2nd paper below describes a measure based on
this conceptualization and might be easier to find. A quick search of
psychinfo found almost 200 articles for the intersection of imagery and
practice. Although much of it was with sports, mental rehearsal is also
of interest in the rehabilitation literature.
Although it has been a number of years now since I looked at any of
this literature, I recall that the skill benefits of mental practice
depended on various factors, such as type of task (more benefit for
cognitively-laden tasks, if I remember correctly) and stage of practice
(not much benefit practicing if you have not reached some level of
correct performance).
Cognitive and motivational functions of imagery in human performance
(Les effets cognitifs et sur la motivation de l' imagerie, dans le
domaine de la performance humaine).
Author(s): PAIVIO, A
Source: Canadian journal of applied sport sciences CANADA 1985, t 10, n
4, pp 22S-28S, 7 p, ill 20 ref
Imagery use by athletes: development of the sport imagery
questionnaire. / (Utilisation des representations mentales par les
athletes: developpement du questionnaire sur les representations
mentales dans le sport.)
Author(s): Hall, C.R.: Faculty of Kinesiology, the University of
Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada; Mack, D.E.; Paivio, A.;
Hausenblas, H.A.
Source: International journal of sport psychology (Rome), Jan/Mar 1998:
29 (1). p. 73-89
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Jim
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See Druckman, D., & Swets, J. A. (Eds.). (1988). Enhancing human
performance. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
for a full chapter review of the efficacy of mental practice in
sports and related activities. If I recall correctly, their review
indicated that this technique showed some promise but that further
research was needed to rule out alternative explanations for the
observed effects. Some TIPsters might be aware of more recent (perhaps
meta-analytic) reviews on the topic.
....Scott
Chuck Huff wrote:
> TiPs colleagues,
>
> Below is a query from a colleague of mine in the bio department. I
> don't have specific citations, but thought the wisdom of TiPs would
> help. I would be particularly interested in any work that had been
> done with visualization and FMRI imaging of pre-motor cortex.
>
>
>>
>> Here is another query: the sports literature, (and about
>> half the self-help literature it seems) love to cite a really old
>> study by Alan Richardson (60's). This study had novice
>> basketball players divided into three groups. One practiced
>> on the courts, another did nothing, and a third practiced
>> "mentally". Oddly, the mental practitioners improved nearly'
>> as much as the physical practitioners. This is widley touted
>> as evidence for the power of creative visualization.
>>
>> My question: is there credible, more contemporary evidence either
>> refuting this, or supporting "mental practice" or
>> creative visualization in enhancing performance in the
>> realm of exercise?
>>
>> yours in wonder
>>
>> Eric
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