Abstract idealized mental visualization improves motor task performance
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SUPPORTED
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Multiple studies and reviews demonstrate that abstract mental visualization and motor imagery significantly improve motor task performance and skill acquisition.
Evidence for · 6
Emergent Aspects of the Integration of Sensory and Motor Functions.
2025 · cited by 10
Highlights that mental imagery and training play a significant role in enhancing motor function and skill acquisition.
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Mental Imagery between Cognition and Emotion: A Narrative Review
2024 · cited by 10
Emphasizes the significant role of mental imagery in cognitive learning processes, specifically motor skill acquisition.
Motor learning without physical practice: The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery practice on cup-stacking speed
2023 · cited by 2
Demonstrates that a complex novel motor task can be successfully acquired and performed without physical training using mental imagery combined with observation.
The reorganization mechanism of brain functional networks by long term actual exercise and exercise imagination training: spectrum and network topology analysis based on EEG.
2026 · cited by 0
Shows that motor imagery training enhances motor skills and optimizes neural network efficiency.
Mental Imagery to Enhance Procedural Skills in Peripheral Venous Catheterization: A Randomized Simulation Study in Medical Students.
2026 · cited by 0
Finds that mental imagery significantly improves simulation-based procedural performance and success rates in medical students.
The effect of motor skills and imagery application on psychomotor development in children.
2025 · cited by 0
Concludes that imagery application is an important mental process in motor learning and psychomotor development.