Amount of Mental Practice and Performance of a Simple Motor Task
| Autor: | Michael Spittle, Dominic G. McNeil, Cassandra Shinners, Peter Kremer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Applied psychology Poison control Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Motor Activity Suicide prevention Functional Laterality Occupational safety and health Task (project management) Physical medicine and rehabilitation Mental practice Orientation Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention medicine Humans Motor skill Analysis of Variance business.industry Human factors and ergonomics Sensory Systems Practice Psychological Imagination Female business Psychomotor Performance |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and Motor Skills. 109:347-356 |
| ISSN: | 1558-688X 0031-5125 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pms.109.2.347-356 |
| Popis: | The effects of different amounts of mental practice on the performance of a motor skill were studied. Research supports the effectiveness of mental practice on performance; however, little is known about how much practice is needed and whether there is an optimal amount for these practice effects. Participants, 209 students ages 18 to 44 years ( M = 20.5, SD = 2.9), completed a pre- and posttest of dart throwing with the nonpreferred hand. In the practice phase, participants completed either 25 (Mental Practice 25), 50 (Mental Practice 50), or 100 (Mental Practice 100) trials of the darts task or 50 trials of a catching task (Catching Task). Performance for all groups improved from pre- to posttest. Improvements for the three mental practice groups were greater than for the Catching Task group; however, there were no differences for the three Mental Practice groups. The findings support the positive effect of mental practice over a control condition and suggest that small amounts of mental practice may be sufficient for performance improvements, at least for a simple motor skill. |
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