The functional equivalence between movement imagery, observation, and execution influences imagery ability

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 555-564

  Williams, Sarah E ^a   Cumming, Jennifer ^a   Edwards, Martin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ease of imaging; Imagery perspective; Imagery priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBSERVATION; SPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATION; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053939707     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2011.10599788     Document Type: Article

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