Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures
Background: Motor imagery (MI) can be an effective strategy for learning and enhancing movement or as an alternative training modality when physical practice is compromised. Individual differences in MI ability are widely documented but the role of experience in different activities in influencing M...
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| description | Background: Motor imagery (MI) can be an effective strategy for learning and enhancing movement or as an alternative training modality when physical practice is compromised. Individual differences in MI ability are widely documented but the role of experience in different activities in influencing MI is not well understood. The present study examined how experience in activities associated with the use of MI influences implicit and explicit MI. Methods: Participants completed a hand laterality judgement task (N = 84) and a MI questionnaire (MIQ-3; N = 59) online. These implicit and explicit measures of MI were analysed in relation to frequent experience in individual sports/exercise, team sports, dance, and playing a musical instrument. Results: The majority of participants reported using both visual and kinesthetic MI within their activities. Across activities, frequent experience was associated with more accurate hand laterality judgement, as well as increased biomechanical constraint effects, particularly for hands viewed from the palm. In relation to the different activity types, significant effects were found for individual and team sports and music, but not dance. Participants' level of training was associated with ratings of explicit MI (MIQ-3). Conclusion: Experience in activities that utilise MI influences implicit MI, while formal training may have a stronger influence on explicit MI. Activity-specific effects on MI may reflect differences in kinesthetic and visual experience of the different hand surfaces. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-90db1ad8eec8468ea79fe1501d172d2d2025-01-12T05:23:57ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-02-01252104650Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measuresJudith Bek0Richard O'Farrell1Sarah M. Cooney2School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland; Centre for Motor Control, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada; Corresponding author at: School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.School of Psychology, University College Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, IrelandBackground: Motor imagery (MI) can be an effective strategy for learning and enhancing movement or as an alternative training modality when physical practice is compromised. Individual differences in MI ability are widely documented but the role of experience in different activities in influencing MI is not well understood. The present study examined how experience in activities associated with the use of MI influences implicit and explicit MI. Methods: Participants completed a hand laterality judgement task (N = 84) and a MI questionnaire (MIQ-3; N = 59) online. These implicit and explicit measures of MI were analysed in relation to frequent experience in individual sports/exercise, team sports, dance, and playing a musical instrument. Results: The majority of participants reported using both visual and kinesthetic MI within their activities. Across activities, frequent experience was associated with more accurate hand laterality judgement, as well as increased biomechanical constraint effects, particularly for hands viewed from the palm. In relation to the different activity types, significant effects were found for individual and team sports and music, but not dance. Participants' level of training was associated with ratings of explicit MI (MIQ-3). Conclusion: Experience in activities that utilise MI influences implicit MI, while formal training may have a stronger influence on explicit MI. Activity-specific effects on MI may reflect differences in kinesthetic and visual experience of the different hand surfaces.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824005286Motor imageryMotor simulationMental practiceMental rotationIndividual differencesSport |
| spellingShingle | Judith Bek Richard O'Farrell Sarah M. Cooney Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures Acta Psychologica Motor imagery Motor simulation Mental practice Mental rotation Individual differences Sport |
| title | Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures |
| title_full | Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures |
| title_fullStr | Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures |
| title_short | Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures |
| title_sort | experience in sports and music influences motor imagery insights from implicit and explicit measures |
| topic | Motor imagery Motor simulation Mental practice Mental rotation Individual differences Sport |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824005286 |
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