Adding movement to 'dry run' mental imagery enhances performance - 0 views
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Melissa Menghini on 07 Aug 13Mental rehearsal and "dry run" movements greatly improve the performance of athletes and performers. An experiment was executed with high jumpers to test the influence of mental rehearsal and "dry run" on overall performance. With mental rehearsal, the performance of high jumpers improved by 35%. Even better, through mental rehearsal and "dry run" actions, the athletes' performances bettered by 45%. Mental imagery and physical practice both better one's performance because the two use overlapping neural networks in the brain. Therefore, they work together to improve performance.