PMID: 16615715Apr 18, 2006Paper

Is there "feedback" during visual imagery? Evidence from a specificity of practice paradigm

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Expérimentale
Olave KrigolsonMatthew Heath

Abstract

The specificity of practice hypothesis predicts the development of a sensorimotor representation specific to the afferent feedback available during skill acquisition (Proteau, 1992; Proteau, Marteniuk, Girouard, & Dugas, 1987). In the present investigation, we used the specificity of practice hypothesis to test whether skill acquisition through visual imagery would lead to the development of a sensory-specific movement representation similar to one resulting from actual practice. To accomplish this objective, participants practiced walking a 12-m linear path in one of three practice conditions, full-vision (FV), no-vision (NV), or visual imagery (VI), for either 10 or 100 trials. Knowledge of spatial and/or temporal results (KR) was provided to participants following each trial during this phase. Following acquisition, participants completed 10 NV trials without KR. An analysis of root-mean-squared-error (RMSE) indicated NV participants were more accurate than both FV and VI participants in the transfer condition. We believe the equivalence in transfer RMSE between FV and VI suggests that there are similarities between the movement representations attained by FV and VI practice.

Citations

Apr 8, 2010·Journal of Sports Sciences·Lucette Toussaint, Yannick Blandin
Aug 5, 2009·Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport·Olav E Krigolson, Luc Tremblay
Dec 7, 2007·Journal of Motor Behavior·Ahmadreza MovahediHassan Ashayeri
Oct 30, 2013·Journal of Motor Behavior·Jalil MoradiHamid Salehi
Oct 26, 2018·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Nichola CallowStephanie Connell

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