Is Controllability of Imagery Related to Canoe-Slalom Performance?

2002 ◽  
Vol 94 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1245-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadhg MacIntyre ◽  
Aidan Moran ◽  
Domhnall J. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Objective Test ◽  
Mental Rotations ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship of controllability of mental imagery with canoe-slalom performance. Controllability of mental imagery was assessed by an objective test of mental rotation, the Mental Rotations Test. This test was administered to both elite ( n = 19) and intermediate ( n = 12) athletes. Predictive validity of the controllability test was supported by a significant correlation between test scores and race rank order for the elite canoeing group ( rs = 0.42, p<.05); however, it did not distinguish elite from intermediate groups ( t29 = 0.98, p>.05). Researchers should attempt to evaluate vividness of imagery, controllability of imagery, and accuracy of reference to understand more fully the nature of athletes' imagery.

Relationship of Initial and Final Scores on a Qualitative Analysis of Movement Test

1998 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 651-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig S. Morrison ◽  
Christina M. Frederick
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Instructional Unit ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Mental Rotations ◽  
Male Undergraduate ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Movement Test

The present study examined the relationship of initial qualitative analysis of movement scores, disembedding scores, and mental rotation scores on terminal qualitative analysis of movement scores. The subjects were 19 female and 17 male undergraduate majors in physical education, 14 from Oklahoma State University and 22 from Southern Utah University, with a mean age of 23.0 ± 4.5 yr. The test and instructional unit on qualitative analysis of movement were developed by Morrison and Harrison in 1985. The Group Embedded Figures Test was used to discern disembedding scores and the Mental Rotations Test scores on mental rotation. The means and standard deviations for the pretest and posttest measures on the movement analysis test were 72.08 ± 7.06 and 78.30 ±4.21. Analysis indicated instruction improved scores on the qualitative analysis test. Also, initial movement test scores and those on disembedding were significant predictors of scores on the posttest qualitative analysis of movement but not of mental rotation test scores.

The Relationship of Compliance with Coping Strategies and Self-Esteem

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisli H. Gudjonsson ◽  
Jon Fridrik Sigurdsson
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Summary: The Gudjonsson Compliance Scale (GCS), the COPE Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were administered to 212 men and 212 women. Multiple regression of the test scores showed that low self-esteem and denial coping were the best predictors of compliance in both men and women. Significant sex differences emerged on all three scales, with women having lower self-esteem than men, being more compliant, and using different coping strategies when confronted with a stressful situation. The sex difference in compliance was mediated by differences in self-esteem between men and women.

scholarly journals Exploring the relationship between grapheme colour-picking consistency and mental imagery

2019 ◽  
Vol 374 (1787) ◽  
pp. 20190023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Jane Spiller ◽  
Lee Harkry ◽  
Fintan McCullagh ◽  
Volker Thoma ◽  
Clare Jonas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Imagery Ability ◽  
Imagery Task ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Proxy Measure ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research has indicated a potential link between mental imagery and synaesthesia. However, these findings are mainly based on imagery self-report measures and recruitment of self-selected synaesthetes. To avoid issues of self-selection and demand effects, we recruited participants from the general population, rather than synaesthetes specifically, and used colour-picking consistency tests for letters and numbers to assess a ‘synaesthete-like’ experience. Mental imagery ability and mental rotation ability were assessed using both self-report measures and behavioural assessments. Consistency in colour-picking for letters (but not numbers) was predicted by performance on the visual mental imagery task but not by a mental rotation task or self-report measures. Using the consistency score as a proxy measure of grapheme-colour synaesthesia, we provide more evidence for the suggestion that synaesthetic experience is associated with enhanced mental imagery, even when participants are naive to the research topic. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Bridging senses: novel insights from synaesthesia’.

Reliance on Visual Imagery and its Relation to Mental Rotation

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris C. Weatherly ◽  
Steven E. Ball ◽  
James R. Stacks
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Response Latency ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Learning Effect ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Computer Screen ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of habitual use of visual imagery and mental rotation was investigated. Reliance on Visual Imagery scores were used to define subjects as high frequency or low frequency visualizers. During the mental rotation task, subjects indicated if a pair of 2-dimensional stimulus figures displayed on a computer screen were identical or mirror-images. Figures on the right were rotated in relation to those on the left by 0, 60, 120, or 180°. Data supported the prediction that subjects who report high use of imagery would perform the task with greater accuracy ( z=1.97, p<.05) than subjects who reported low use. The imagery groups did not differ in response latency ( z = .91, p<.36). A comparison of performance on Trials 1 to 24 with performance on Trials 115-138 indicated a learning effect in both accuracy ( z = 7.58, p<.01) and latency ( z = 9.72, p<.01) for all subjects.

Examining Developmental Differences in Imagery Use with Youth Soccer Players

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Gregg ◽  
Leisha Strachan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Youth Soccer ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractEmerging research on youth sport participants has revealed that young athletes use sport-related mental imagery for a variety of purposes such as acquiring sport-specific skills. The present study aimed to replicate previous research regarding developmental differences in imagery use, confirm the utility of the Sport Imagery Questionnaire-Children’s Version (SIQ-C), and clarify the relationship of gender to imagery use in youth sport. Youth soccer players (

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