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Mental practice of action

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Mental practice refers to use of visuo-motor imagery with the purpose of improving motor behavior. Visuo-motor imagery requires the use of one’s imagination to simulate an action, without physical movement. It has come to the fore due to the relevance of imagery in enhancing sports and surgical performance.[1]

Sports

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Mental practice, when combined with physical practice, can be beneficial to beginners learning a sport, but even more helpful to professionals looking to enhance their skills.[2] Physical practice generates the physical feedback necessary to improve, while mental practice creates a cognitive process physical practice cannot easily replicate.[3]

Medicine

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When surgeons and other medical practitioners mentally rehearse procedures along with their physical practice, it is produces the same results as physical rehearsal, but costs much less. But unlike its use in sports, to improve a skill, mental practice is used in medicine as a form of stress reduction before operations. [3]

Music

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When it comes to music, a combination of physical and mental practice has been shown to cause improvement equal to physical practice alone.[4] This is because mental practice causes neuron growth that mirrors growth caused by physical practice. And there is precedent: Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein, among others, supplemented their physical practice with mental rehearsal.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Kappes, Heather Barry; Morewedge, Carey K. (2016-07-01). "Mental Simulation as Substitute for Experience". Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 10 (7): 405–420. doi:10.1111/spc3.12257. ISSN 1751-9004.
  2. ^ Frank, Cornelia; Land, William M.; Popp, Carmen; Schack, Thomas (2014-04-17). "Mental Representation and Mental Practice: Experimental Investigation on the Functional Links between Motor Memory and Motor Imagery". PLOS ONE. 9 (4): e95175. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095175. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3990621. PMID 24743576.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  3. ^ a b Cocks, Margaret, et al. "What surgeons can learn from athletes: mental practice in sports and surgery." Journal of surgical education 71.2 (2014): 262-269.
  4. ^ Ross, Stewart L. (1985-01-01). "The Effectiveness of Mental Practice in Improving the Performance of College Trombonists". Journal of Research in Music Education. 33 (4): 221–230. doi:10.2307/3345249.
  5. ^ Pascual-Leone, Alvaro (2001-06-01). "The Brain That Plays Music and Is Changed by It". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 930 (1): 315–329. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb05741.x. ISSN 1749-6632.