Smyth M M
a Department of Psychology , University of Leicester.
J Mot Behav. 1975 Sep;7(3):199-206. doi: 10.1080/00222895.1975.10735034.
Experiment 1 used mirror drawing to investigate the effects of mental practice on performance of a previously known, symbolic task. Experiment 2 used the pursuit rotor to study mental practice in relation to varying amounts of active practice and rest in a less symbolic task. For mirror drawing, only one mental-practice group was significantly better than the no-practice group, and that by a small amount on one variable only. With the pursuit rotor, subjects who trained only with mental practice did not differ significantly from those with no training, and mental practice was no more effective than rest. Mental practice was not clearly effective at any stage of learning.
实验1使用镜像绘画来研究心理练习对先前已知的符号任务表现的影响。实验2使用追踪转子来研究在一个较少符号性的任务中，心理练习与不同量的主动练习和休息之间的关系。对于镜像绘画，只有一个心理练习组显著优于无练习组，且仅在一个变量上有少量优势。对于追踪转子，仅进行心理练习训练的受试者与未训练的受试者没有显著差异，并且心理练习并不比休息更有效。在学习的任何阶段，心理练习都没有明显效果。
