Is imagery better than reality? Performance in imagined dart throwing.

ABSTRACT: We investigated whether deviations from optimal performance are predicted in motor imagery. In Experiment 1, novices and experts imagined and executed dart throws. In imagination, they reported the final position of the dart. Experts performed better than novices in execution and imagination. Distance to the target and bias were smaller in imagination than in execution. In Experiment 2, we dissociated the roles of feedback from proximal and distal action elements for predictions. Three groups of novices estimated the dart's final position in imagination, in execution without visual feedback, or in execution with delayed visual feedback. Estimates did not differ significantly between groups, indicating that (the lack of) feedback did not influence predictions. Deviations from optimal perfor

SUBMITTER: Dahm SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6520223 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature