TY - JOUR TI -

Kinaesthesia and Sources of Information on Movements Imagined from 1-st or 3-d Person Perspective in Cross-Country Skiers with Various Level of Expertise

T2 - Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics IS - Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics KW - sport psychology KW - mental imagery KW - motor imagery KW - mental training KW - mental practice KW - imagery perspective KW - imagery modality KW - kinesthetic imagery KW - kinesthesia KW - control of imagined movement KW - motor skills KW - cross country skiing AB - The present article is dedicated to the study of an imagery perspective as a form of mental image with a set of distinct properties in terms of its use in sports. In addition to kinesthetic modality, which is traditionally viewed by sports psychologists as such a property, we have studied the use of different modes of imagined movement appraisal at various levels of sports expertise. The sample consisted of 54 ski racers in maximum possible range of ranking. The subjects imagined their own performance of V1 skating technique successively concentrating on 8 elements, which had been taken as a basis for 11 imagination task items. Each imagination task was accompanied by filling in the specially constructed report form, which collected data on imagery perspective and kinesthetic modality as well as on modes of imagined movements control, differentiated by modality (visual/ non-visual) and appraisal criterion (movement structure/ result). Sport expertise was determined based on expert assessment of technical merit of 7 V1 skating elements used as a part of the imagination task and number of cycles in two 100-meter roller-ski skating trials, one of which had been conducted in the dual-task settings. Groups of the subjects were formed according to their prepotent imagery perspective, as well as to their level of expertise, by means of cluster analysis. Corresponding distributions within the groups formed on the basis of the prepotent perspective showed that intensity of kinesthesia is higher in cases of the prepotent perspective, whereas increased frequency of use of visual and non-visual control modes is associated with third- and first-person imagery perspective, respectively. Distribution of modes of control on expertise is consistent with already known laws for real movements confirming equivalence of underlying processes in action and mental image. AU - Igor Kaminskiy AU - O. Almazova AU - Alexandr Veraksa UR - https://psy-journal.hse.ru/en/2018-15-1/217804239.html PY - 2018 SP - 79-106 VL - 15