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Mental Practice

Mental Practice is a cognitive rehearsal technique within the domain of sport psychology that involves the systematic and structured simulation of physical skills or performance scenarios in the absence of overt motor execution, serving to enhance skill acquisition, retention, and competitive readiness through neural and psychological mechanisms.

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745

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373

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2017–2026

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312

The Effects of Mental Practice on Motor Skill Learning and Performance: A Meta-analysis

Deborah L. Feltz, Daniel M. Landers · Journal of Sport Psychology · 1983 · 1.2K citations

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Does mental practice enhance performance?

James E. Driskell, Carolyn Copper, Aidan Moran · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1994 · 1.1K citations

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Synthesizing standardized mean‐change measures

Betsy Jane Becker · British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology · 1988 · 881 citations

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Mentally simulated movements in virtual reality: does Fitt's law hold in motor imagery?

Jean Decety, Marc Jeannerod · Behavioural Brain Research · 1995 · 491 citations

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Cognitive and motivational functions of imagery in human performance.

Allan Paivio · PubMed · 1985 · 429 citations

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Authors

745

  1. AM
    Aidan Moran

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    8 publications · 2K citations

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  2. CH
    Craig Hall

    Western University, Canada

    8 publications · 767 citations

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  3. SJ
    Stephen J. Page

    The Ohio State University, United States

    7 publications · 588 citations

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  4. CF
    Cornelia Frank

    Bielefeld University, Germany

    6 publications · 585 citations

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  5. TS
    Thomas Schack

    Bielefeld University, Germany

    5 publications · 466 citations

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Institutions

373

  1. Bielefeld University

    Bielefeld, Germany

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    757 citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Inserm

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. Western University

    London, Canada

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    2K citations

  7. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation

    Montreal, Canada

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    2K citations

  8. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    213 citations

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  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills

    30 publications · 991 citations

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  3. The Sport Psychologist

    10 publications · 661 citations

    10

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  4. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

    JSEP · 9 publications · 756 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 900 citations

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