L11 - Imagery Flashcards
What did Cumming and Hall (2002) find when looking at imagery?
They found that elite/more successful athletes use imagery more than non elite / less successful athletes.
What is the definition of imagery? (White and Hardy, 1998)
- an experience that mimics real experience
- we can be aware of seeing an image, feeling movements as an image, or experiencing an image of smell, taste or sound without experiencing the real thing
- it differs from dreams in that we are awake and conscious when we form an image
Discuss the idea that imagery ‘mimics real experience’??
- neural overlap occurs
- functional equivalence = shared central neural activity patterning
- an important form of mental practice for both developing and elite athletes
(Holmes and Collins, 2001; Wakefield et al, 2013)
Discuss “perception without sensation” and “deliberate and conscious” in relation to imagery?
- imagery is more than just seeing with the minds eye
- before/during/after, ill/injured, travelling
What are the main lines of evidence in imagery?
Movement time, cardiac/respiratory indices, neuro-imaging studies
What is temporal equivalence?
Actual walking time must equal imaged walking time
Discuss cardiac and respiratory indices (Gallego et al, 1996)
Breathing and cardiac frequency increased during imagery of a past sporting event
Evidence that breathing is controlled at the central executive level
Discuss neuroimaging studies in relation to imagery?
FMRI evidence to suggest that imagery activates brain areas involved with planning, generation and execution of complex motor tasks (Schubotz and Cramon, 2004)
What is behavioural matching?
Motor imagery interventions should simulate as closely as possible, all aspects of participants execution situations (Wakefield et al, 2013)
What are the implications for imagery use, in reference to behavioural matching?
- Supplement to physical exercise
- Substitute some amounts of physical practice
- Match imagined and actual performance environments
What is the PETTLEP model (Holmes and Collins, 2001; Wakefield and Smith, 2012)??
Physical - the stance and implements used
Environment - the competitive environment
Task - the nature of the task being imaged
Timing - the ‘real time’ nature of the intervention
Learning - updating the script as learning occurs
Emotion - inclusions of emotions linked to performance
Perspective - the viewpoint that the athlete takes
What is basic premise of bioinformational theory (Lang, 1979)
Stimulus + response + meaning
Discuss ‘physical’ component of PETTLEP
- make imagery experience as physical as possible
- the most important element and best supported by research
Discuss ‘task’ component of PETTLEP model?
- key components of task to image
Images situation (attentional demands, situation changes) = actual situation (attentional demands, situation changes)
Discuss ‘timing’ component of PETTLEP model?
- image in real time
Actual running time from A->B
Imaged running time from A->B