Cognitive Demand, Imagery, and Frequency of Mental Rehearsal as Factors Influencing Acquisition of Motor Skills

Ryan, E. Dean; Simons, Jeffery P.

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“…Therefore, the absence of correlation between the QVIM and the participants' performance is more likely due to the fact that this questionnaire is not valid for use with 8-to-10-year-old children. Therefore the results of the present study support those found by several researchers (Corlett et al, 1989;Hall et al, 1992;Ryan & Simons, 1981;Taktek & Rigal, 2005; and suggest that, although it could be administered to a wide range of participants (as underlined by Fournier et al, 1994 andalso Isaac et al, 1986), the QVIM should be adapted for use to the level of children 8-to-10-years of age.…”

Section: The Effects Of Mental Imagery Capacity On the Performance Ofsupporting

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Visual versus kinesthetic mental imagery: Efficacy for the retention and transfer of a closed motor skill in young children.

Taktek¹,

Zinsser²,

St-John³

2008

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne

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The main purposes of this study were (a) to compare the effects of mental imagery combined with physical practise and specific physical practise on the retention and transfer of a closed motor skill in young children; (b) to determine the mental imagery (visual vs. kinesthetic), which is the most efficient for retention and transfer of a closed motor skill; and (c) to verify the relationship between movement image vividness and motor performance. As for the secondary purpose, it was to compare the effects of gender on motor learning. Participants (n = 96) were selected from 3 primary schools. These participants were divided into 6 groups and submitted to different experimental conditions. The experimental task required the participants to throw, with the nondominant hand (left hand), a ball toward a target composed of 3 concentric circles. The results demonstrated that performance obtained by the mental imagery (visual or kinesthetic) combined with physical practise group was, during the retention phase, equivalent to that produced by the specific physical practise group but significantly superior during the transfer of closed motor skill. These results showed the potential benefits of mental imagery as a retention strategy intended for motor skills and performance enhancement. Such results could be explained by the similarity of 3 principal functional evidences shared by mental and physical practise: behavioural, central, and peripheral (as suggested by Holmes & Collins, 2001).

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Section: The Effects Of Mental Imagery Capacity On the Performance Ofsupporting

confidence: 92%

Visual versus kinesthetic mental imagery: Efficacy for the retention and transfer of a closed motor skill in young children.

Taktek¹,

Zinsser²,

St-John³

2008

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne

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“…Some researchers (e. g. Sackett, 1934;Ryan & Simons, 1981) suggest that MP is more beneficial for cognitive tasks and has little or no effect on the performance of physical tasks. In line with this suggestion, Schmidt (1982) proposed that MP improves performance during the initial stages of learning and is, therefore, of more use to novices 17 than experts.…”

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“…It is based, in part, on the assumption that MP is more effective in the early stages of learning and improves the cognitive component of a task more than the motor component (Ryan & Simons, 1981Wrisberg & Ragdale, 1979). The strongest evidence to support this theory has come from studies that have used the bilateral transfer paradigm 18 that is based on the principle that learning exhibits partial transfer from one task to another.…”

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Psychophysiological correlates of dynamic imagery

Williams

Rippon

Stone³

et al. 1995

British J of Psychology

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Brain Electrical Activity Maps were recorded from 20 subjects whilst performing: (a) the Vandenberg & Kuse Mental Rotation Test (MRT) and: (b) the Isaac, Marks & Russell Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire (VMIQ), and under control conditions. Subjects were classified as good or poor imagers, first on the basis of their VMIQ scores, and secondly on their MRT scores. Alpha, beta 1 and beta 2 at different cortical regions were compared between groups and between task performance and control conditions. During MRT significant reductions in alpha amplitude were found over both right and left parietal areas and over the left frontal region. In beta 1 non‐significant trends in the same direction were observed in the same regions found to be significant in alpha. Non‐significant trends in beta 2 were observed over the right parietal and frontal regions. No differences in amplitude at any frequency band were found between good and poor VMIQ scorers but subjects with high MRT scores showed greater alpha amplitude at many sites in the parietal, parieto‐occipital and frontal areas than subjects with low MRT scores. During VMIQ testing the VMIQ high imagers showed a non‐significant trend towards higher alpha amplitude at frontal regions and some scattered parietal and occipital sites and significantly higher levels of beta 2 in the left frontal region. However, no differences were found between imagery and control conditions. The results confirm the involvement of motor as well as spatial processes in dynamic imagery.

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“…Mental imagery has proven applications in highperformance athletic training and post-stroke rehabilitation programmes. [5][6][7][8] It has been shown to improve perceptual learning on visual tasks such as spatial discrimination and contrast detection. 9 In surgery, MI as a technique of motor learning and practice has the theoretical advantages of being safe and inexpensive when compared with traditional learning in the operating theatre or in a simulation environment.…”

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The mind’s scalpel in surgical education: a randomised controlled trial of mental imagery

Geoffrion

Gebhart

Dooley

et al. 2012

BJOG

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Objective To evaluate the role of mental imagery (MI) in resident training for a complex surgical procedure.Design Randomised controlled trial.Setting Eight centres across Canada and the USA.Population Junior gynaecology residents who had performed fewer than five vaginal hysterectomies (VH).Methods After performing a pretest VH, junior gynaecology residents were randomised to standard MI versus textbook reading (No MI) and then performed a test VH. Surgeons blinded to group evaluated resident performance on the pretest and test VH via global rating scales (GRS), procedure-specific scales and intraoperative parameters. Residents evaluated their own performance.Main outcome measure Change in surgeon GRS score from pretest to test VH. The study was powered to detect a 20% difference in score change. Conclusions No difference was observed in the surgical performance of residents after MI. Improved resident selfconfidence may be attributable to MI or the effect of unblinding on trial participants.

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Cognitive Demand, Imagery, and Frequency of Mental Rehearsal as Factors Influencing Acquisition of Motor Skills

Cited by 80 publications

References 10 publications

Visual versus kinesthetic mental imagery: Efficacy for the retention and transfer of a closed motor skill in young children.

Visual versus kinesthetic mental imagery: Efficacy for the retention and transfer of a closed motor skill in young children.

Psychophysiological correlates of dynamic imagery

The mind’s scalpel in surgical education: a randomised controlled trial of mental imagery

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