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dc.contributor.authorBach, Patric
dc.contributor.authorAllami, BK
dc.contributor.authorTucker, M
dc.contributor.authorEllis, R
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-30T20:16:37Z
dc.date.available2018-10-30T20:16:37Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.identifier.issn0096-3445
dc.identifier.issn1939-2222
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/12695
dc.description.abstract

It is still controversial whether mental practice-the internal rehearsal of movements to improve later performance-relies on processes engaged during physical motor performance and, if so, which processes these are. We report data from 5 experiments, in which participants mentally practiced complex rhythms with either feet or hands while using the same or different body parts to respond to unrelated sounds. We found that responses were impaired for those body parts that were concurrently used in mental practice, suggesting a binding of body-part-specific motor processes to action plans. This result was found when participants mentally trained to memorize the rhythms, to merely improve their performance, when mental practice and execution directly followed one another and when separated by a different task. Finally, it was found irrespective of whether participants practiced on the basis of a symbolic rhythm description and when they practiced by watching somebody perform the rhythms (imitation learning). The effect was eliminated only when the requirement for mental practice was eliminated from the task while keeping visual stimulation identical. These data link mental practice not to execution but planning related motor processes and reveal that these planning processes underlie both mental practice and imitation learning.

dc.format.extent1277-1294
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA)
dc.subjectmental practice
dc.subjectaction planning
dc.subjectimitation
dc.subjectobservation learning
dc.subjectstimulus-response compatibility
dc.titlePlanning-related motor processes underlie mental practice and imitation learning
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.issue3
plymouth.volume143
plymouth.publication-statusPublished online
plymouth.journalJournal of Experimental Psychology: General
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/a0035604
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Brain
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dcterms.dateAccepted2014-01-01
dc.identifier.eissn1939-2222
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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