Jennings J Richard, van der Molen Maurits W
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Psychol Bull. 2005 May;131(3):434-59. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.3.434.
Mental preparation aids performance and induces multiple physiological changes that should inform concepts of preparation. To date, however, these changes have been interpreted as being due to a global preparatory process (e.g., attention or alertness). The authors review psychophysiological and performance investigations of preparation. Concepts of the central regulation of action offer an integrative framework for understanding the psychophysiology of preparation. If people process multiple streams of information concurrently, then preparatory processing requires a form of supervisory attention- central regulation to maintain unity of action. This concept is consistent with existing psychophysiological results and links them to current views of information processing. Conversely, psychophysiological measures may provide indices to test concepts within theories of the central regulation of action.
心理准备有助于提高表现，并引发多种生理变化，这些变化应该为准备的概念提供依据。然而，迄今为止，这些变化一直被解释为是由于一个整体的准备过程（例如，注意力或警觉性）所致。作者回顾了准备的心理生理学和表现方面的研究。动作的中枢调节概念为理解准备的心理生理学提供了一个综合框架。如果人们同时处理多个信息流，那么准备过程需要一种监督性注意力——中枢调节来维持动作的统一性。这一概念与现有的心理生理学结果一致，并将它们与当前的信息处理观点联系起来。相反，心理生理学测量可能提供指标来检验动作中枢调节理论中的概念。
