KINE 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psychophysiology, Muscle Memory, Free Throw
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Equivalent terms are visualization, mental rehearsal, symbolic rehearsal, covert practice, and mental practice. Imagery involves creating or recreating an experience in your mind. Experimental studies: control group, experimental group (receives intervention, compare measurements of both groups. Physical- what body feels like in a movement. Perspective: first person shooter (familiar skill) vs third person out of body (new skill) The effect of pettlep imagery on strength performance by wright, cj, and smith, d. 50 university students randomly assigned to one of 5 groups: physical practice group, pettlep imagery group, pettlep/physical practice combo group, written imagery script, control group. Internal perspective is visualizing the execution of a skill from your own vantage point: as if you had a camera on your head, for more emotional elements such as anxiety or relaxation. External perspective is visualizing yourself from the perspective of an outside observer: as if you were watching yourself in a movie, learning new skills.
