TY - JOUR
T1 - Potential benefits of synchronous action observation and motor imagery
T2 - a commentary on Eaves et al. 2022
AU - Azaad, Shaheed
AU - Sebanz, Natalie
N1 - © 2023. The Author(s).
PY - 2023/11/10
Y1 - 2023/11/10
N2 - In a recent Psychological Research article, Eaves et al. (2022) review the literature on how motor imagery (MI) practice combined with action observation (AO) enhances motor performance. The authors propose that the synchronous form of AO and MI (AOMI) affords unique benefits to performance that are not possible when the two interventions are performed asynchronously. We discuss three questions raised by Eaves et al.'s review: (1) are there any clear advantages to synchronous AOMI? (2) Are there super-additive benefits to AOMI, and if so, are they unique to synchronous AOMI? (3) How might coordinative AOMI, in which people imagine complementary actions, facilitate joint actions?
AB - In a recent Psychological Research article, Eaves et al. (2022) review the literature on how motor imagery (MI) practice combined with action observation (AO) enhances motor performance. The authors propose that the synchronous form of AO and MI (AOMI) affords unique benefits to performance that are not possible when the two interventions are performed asynchronously. We discuss three questions raised by Eaves et al.'s review: (1) are there any clear advantages to synchronous AOMI? (2) Are there super-additive benefits to AOMI, and if so, are they unique to synchronous AOMI? (3) How might coordinative AOMI, in which people imagine complementary actions, facilitate joint actions?
KW - Humans
KW - Imagination/physiology
KW - Psychomotor Performance/physiology
KW - Motor Activity/physiology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85176118114&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00426-023-01895-9
DO - 10.1007/s00426-023-01895-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 37947875
AN - SCOPUS:85176118114
SN - 0340-0727
VL - 88
SP - 1908
EP - 1910
JO - Psychological Research
JF - Psychological Research
IS - 6
ER -