Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
School of Psychology, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB, UK.
Psychol Res. 2024 Apr;88(3):803-814. doi: 10.1007/s00426-023-01912-x. Epub 2024 Jan 12.
Individuals can differ in the mode in which they experience conscious thought. These differences in visualisation and verbalisation can also be evident during motor control. The Internal Representation Questionnaire (IRQ) was developed to measure propensity to engage certain types of representations, but its ability to predict motor control and links to reinvestment and motor imagery have not been tested. 159 included participants completed the IRQ, movement specific reinvestment scale (MSRS), and a novel online motor task before and after a period of practice. Results showed that the IRQ Verbal and Orthographic factors were significant predictors of scores on the MSRS. The IRQ factor of Manipulational Representations predicted motor performance both before and after practice. The fluidity of executed movements were predicted by the IRQ verbalisation factor where higher propensity to verbalise was associated with higher levels of jitter, but only after a period of practice. Results suggest there may be some informative conceptual overlap between internal verbalisations and reinvestment and that the propensity to manipulate internal representations may be predictive of motor performance in new tasks. The IRQ has potential to be a valuable tool for predicting motor performance.
个体在体验意识思维的模式上可能存在差异。这些在可视化和言语化方面的差异在运动控制中也可能很明显。内部表象问卷（IRQ）是为了测量参与特定类型表象的倾向而开发的，但它预测运动控制的能力以及与再投资和运动表象的联系尚未得到检验。159 名参与者在一段时间的练习前后完成了 IRQ、运动特定再投资量表（MSRS）和一项新的在线运动任务。结果表明，IRQ 的言语和正字法因素是 MSRS 得分的显著预测因素。IRQ 的操纵表象因子预测了练习前后的运动表现。执行动作的流畅性由 IRQ 的言语化因子预测，其中较高的言语化倾向与较高的抖动水平相关，但仅在练习一段时间后。结果表明，内部言语化和再投资之间可能存在一些信息上的概念重叠，并且操纵内部表象的倾向可能可以预测新任务中的运动表现。IRQ 有可能成为预测运动表现的有价值工具。
