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Potential benefits of synchronous action observation and motor imagery : a commentary on Eaves et al. 2022
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Humans
Imagination/physiology
Psychomotor Performance/physiology
Motor Activity/physiology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Imagination/physiology
Psychomotor Performance/physiology
Motor Activity/physiology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/26811
Abstract
In a recent Psychological Research article, Eaves et al. (2022) review the literature on how motor imagery (MI) practice combined with action observation (AO) enhances motor performance. The authors propose that the synchronous form of AO and MI (AOMI) affords unique benefits to performance that are not possible when the two interventions are performed asynchronously. We discuss three questions raised by Eaves et al.'s review: (1) are there any clear advantages to synchronous AOMI? (2) Are there super-additive benefits to AOMI, and if so, are they unique to synchronous AOMI? (3) How might coordinative AOMI, in which people imagine complementary actions, facilitate joint actions?
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2023-11-10
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10.1007/s00426-023-01895-9