Mendoza D, Wichman H
Percept Mot Skills. 1978 Dec;47(3 Pt 2):1195-9. doi: 10.2466/pms.1978.47.3f.1195.
To explore the effects of mental rehearsal on the performance of a motor skill, 32 college undergraduates were scored on dart-throwing ability and randomly assigned to one of 4 practice conditions: no-practice controls, mental rehearsal only, mental rehearsal with simulated dart-throwing motor movements, and direct physical practice. Following 6 days of mental or physical practice by the experimental groups, the performance level on the dart-throwing task was again measured for all subjects. Comparison of improvement showed statistically significant differences between the groups. Follow-up tests showed that all experimental groups differed significantly from the no-practice group, there were no significant differences between mental practice groups and direct physical practice resulted in improvements significantly higher than any other form of practice.
为探究心理预演对运动技能表现的影响，32名大学生接受了飞镖投掷能力测试，并被随机分配到4种练习条件之一：无练习对照组、仅心理预演组、伴有模拟飞镖投掷动作的心理预演组和直接身体练习组。在实验组进行6天的心理或身体练习后，再次对所有受试者的飞镖投掷任务表现水平进行测量。改进情况的比较显示，各组之间存在统计学上的显著差异。后续测试表明，所有实验组与无练习组均有显著差异，心理练习组之间无显著差异，且直接身体练习带来的改进显著高于其他任何形式的练习。
