Glisky, Williams and Kihlstrom (1996) Internal and external mental imagery perspectives and performance on two tasks

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Glisky, M. L.
	Author:	Williams, J. M. (University of Arizona)
	Author:	Kihlstrom, J. F.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 19(1), 3 - 18.

YEAR:

1996

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

internal-external-control; motor-skill; learning; mental-process; visualization

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=415544&title=415544

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-517 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:14 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
It has been well documented that mental practice can improve performance on various cognitive and motor skills. However, the processes involved in mental practice and the theoretical explanations are less clear. The present study examines two variables that contribute to the efficacy of mental practice--imagery perspective and task type. Subjects, who were natural internal or natural external imagers, mentally practiced a cognitive/visual task (an angles estimation task), and a motor/kinesthetic task (a stabilometer). Only the external imagers showed greater performance than the control on the motor/kinesthetic task, and only internal imagers showed greater improvement than the control group on the cognitive/visual task. Subjective reports of visual and kinesthetic imagery clarity also differed depending on the type of task being imaged.

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