A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females

There is strong evidence that focussing on the goal of an action improves performance relative to focussing on the concrete motor behaviours. The current study tests whether blind action guided by imagery relies on the same foci of attention. Thirty female participants took part in an experiment. In...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Bassem Khalaf
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2014
Materias:	Attention Focus Blind Action Mental Imagery Motor Imagery Performance. Psychology BF1-990
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/579d63a8543248cfa2c565b0723fe9d8
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:579d63a8543248cfa2c565b0723fe9d8
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:579d63a8543248cfa2c565b0723fe9d82021-11-25T02:22:18ZA motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females10.21500/20112084.6542011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/579d63a8543248cfa2c565b0723fe9d82014-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/654https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922There is strong evidence that focussing on the goal of an action improves performance relative to focussing on the concrete motor behaviours. The current study tests whether blind action guided by imagery relies on the same foci of attention. Thirty female participants took part in an experiment. In each condition there were 20 trials, they were asked to close their eyes and draw a straight line between two landmarks on a graphics tablet. We instructed them, in three conditions, to focus on (1) mental imagery of the goal landmark (external focus of attention), (2) drawing a straight line with the fingers (internal focus), or (3) without a specific focus of attention (control). We tested to what extent these attention instructions affected drawing performance, in terms of both deviations of the participants’ lines from an ideal straight line, and the time it took to complete the line. The study revealed that the manipulation specifically affected the deviation measure and that an external focus of attention was better than an internal focus and the control condition. These findings reveal that that mental imagery during blind action relies on same processes as actual performance. These data give perceptual representations of a direct role in motor control. They will be related to current theories of action control (constrained action hypothesis, ideomotor theories, and dual task accounts).Bassem KhalafUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleAttention FocusBlind ActionMental ImageryMotor ImageryPerformance.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2014)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN ES
topic	Attention Focus Blind Action Mental Imagery Motor Imagery Performance. Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	Attention Focus Blind Action Mental Imagery Motor Imagery Performance. Psychology BF1-990 Bassem Khalaf A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females
description	There is strong evidence that focussing on the goal of an action improves performance relative to focussing on the concrete motor behaviours. The current study tests whether blind action guided by imagery relies on the same foci of attention. Thirty female participants took part in an experiment. In each condition there were 20 trials, they were asked to close their eyes and draw a straight line between two landmarks on a graphics tablet. We instructed them, in three conditions, to focus on (1) mental imagery of the goal landmark (external focus of attention), (2) drawing a straight line with the fingers (internal focus), or (3) without a specific focus of attention (control). We tested to what extent these attention instructions affected drawing performance, in terms of both deviations of the participants’ lines from an ideal straight line, and the time it took to complete the line. The study revealed that the manipulation specifically affected the deviation measure and that an external focus of attention was better than an internal focus and the control condition. These findings reveal that that mental imagery during blind action relies on same processes as actual performance. These data give perceptual representations of a direct role in motor control. They will be related to current theories of action control (constrained action hypothesis, ideomotor theories, and dual task accounts).
format	article
author	Bassem Khalaf
author_facet	Bassem Khalaf
author_sort	Bassem Khalaf
title	A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females
title_short	A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females
title_full	A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females
title_fullStr	A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females
title_full_unstemmed	A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females
title_sort	motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females
publisher	Universidad de San Buenaventura
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/579d63a8543248cfa2c565b0723fe9d8
work_keys_str_mv	AT bassemkhalaf amotorimageryduringblindactionisguidedbythesamefociofattentionasactualperformanceinasamplecomprisingfemales AT bassemkhalaf motorimageryduringblindactionisguidedbythesamefociofattentionasactualperformanceinasamplecomprisingfemales
_version_	1718414694315720704

A motor imagery during blind action is guided by the same foci of attention as actual performance in a sample comprising females

Ejemplares similares