The theoretical and applied implications of using imagery to improve the performance and well-being of endurance performers

McCormick, Sheree A.; Gruttola, Francesco Di; Bertollo, Maurizio

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“…Research has indicated an enhanced flow induced by imagery interventions in the context of sports training and competition (Jeong, 2012;Koehn et al, 2014) due to athletes' clear focus on task execution without experiencing emotions . For instance, Koehn and Díaz-Ocejo (2016) confirmed an increase in flow state in runners with individually adjusted imagery scripts after 4 weeks of intervention (see for an overview on the use of imagery in endurance McCormick et al, 2019). Indeed, there is evidence that individually-adjusted scripts are more efficient and meaningful for the athletes' imagery (Williams et al, 2013); moreover, a higher psychophysiological activity is observed when the scripts are prepared by participants rather than by experimenters (Wilson et al, 2010).…”

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Neural Oscillation During Mental Imagery in Sport: An Olympic Sailor Case Study

Budnik-Przybylska

Kastrau

Jasik

et al. 2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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The purpose of the current study was to examine the cortical correlates of imagery depending on instructional modality (guided vs. self-produced) using various sports-related scripts. According to the expert-performance approach, we took an idiosyncratic perspective analyzing the mental imagery of an experienced two-time Olympic athlete to verify whether different instructional modalities of imagery (i.e., guided vs. self-produced) and different scripts (e.g., training or competition environment) could differently involve brain activity. The subject listened to each previously recorded script taken from two existing questionnaires concerning imagery ability in sport and then was asked to imagine the scene for a minute. During the task, brain waves were monitored using EEG (32-channel g. Nautilus). Our findings indicate that guided imagery might induce higher high alpha and SMR (usually associated with selective attention), whereas self-produced imagery might facilitate higher low alpha (associated with global resting state and relaxation). Results are discussed in light of the neural efficiency hypothesis as a marker of optimal performance and transient hypofrontality as a marker of flow state. Practical mental training recommendations are presented.

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Neural Oscillation During Mental Imagery in Sport: An Olympic Sailor Case Study

Budnik-Przybylska

Kastrau

Jasik

et al. 2021

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“…While these distinct aspects of spillover have otherwise tended to be condensed into single variables (McNall et al, 2010) measured using double-barreled items (e.g., “[My family] helps me to understand different viewpoints and this helps me be a better worker”; Carlson et al, 2006), this study can speak to differential value of the moderator when targeted at each stage. Given one benefit of construal level is the ability to manipulate it (e.g., Wakslak & Trope, 2009) and evidence of related cognitive techniques (e.g., McCormick et al, 2019), this therefore sets the stage for the development of theoretically driven interventions focused on enhancing resource generation specifically, and which have previously been lacking (for a notable exception on enrichment perceptions : Heskiau & McCarthy, 2021).…”

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Wearing different hats enriches “outside the box” thinking: Examining the relationship between personal life activity breadth and creativity at work.

Daniel¹,

Zhan²

2023

Journal of Applied Psychology

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People wear many salient hats across the different parts of their lives and recent advances in the work–life literature have called attention to the necessary addition of personal life activities to be studied as a unique facet of nonwork to better understand interrole relationships. We therefore draw on enrichment theory to examine why and when employees’ participation in personal life activities can positively influence creativity at work through nonwork cognitive developmental resources. Moreover, by integrating insights from construal level theory, this research sheds new light on the ways people think about their personal life activities as playing a discernible role in how people can generate and/or apply resources from their activities. Results of two multiwave studies revealed that people who tend to engage in a greater breadth of personal life activities can gain nonwork cognitive developmental resources (i.e., skills, knowledge, and perspectives) that, in turn, enhance their creativity at work. Personal life construal level also moderated the resource generation stage of enrichment, but not resource application to work; people who adopted lower construal level (i.e., more concretely: how they do activities) were more likely to generate cognitive developmental resources from their participation in personal life activities versus those with higher construal level (i.e., more abstractly: why they do activities). This research meets at the convergence of real-world trends on parallel “work” and “nonwork” sides of the interface as well as offers novel and nuanced theoretical insights into instrumental personal life-to-work enrichment processes which can benefit employees and organizations alike.

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“…Coaches play an important role in that they have a strong influence in the nature and importance of the goals athletes choose, and can thus increase motivation, and influence pacing behavior, by providing realistic goals that can be largely controlled by the athlete (setting a personal best performance), in contrast to goals that may be partly determined by external factors (such as beating an opponent). Additionally, coaches could provide ways in which athletes will reach the set goal, including: imagining the joy of success (McCormick et al, 2019), positive self-talk focusing on a positive outcome (Gibson and Foster, 2007;Hatzigeorgiadis et al, 2018), but also realistic expectation regarding the fatigue and exhaustion an athlete undoubtedly will experience during a race , thinking in several if-then scenario's providing athletes with an internal locus of control and feelings of autonomy competence and selfefficacy (Howle et al, 2016). These methods could all lead to increased motivation and potentially assist in optimizing an athletes' pacing behavior.…”

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Hurdling the Challenges of the 2019 IAAF World Championships

2020

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The theoretical and applied implications of using imagery to improve the performance and well-being of endurance performers

Cited by 5 publications

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Neural Oscillation During Mental Imagery in Sport: An Olympic Sailor Case Study

Neural Oscillation During Mental Imagery in Sport: An Olympic Sailor Case Study

Wearing different hats enriches “outside the box” thinking: Examining the relationship between personal life activity breadth and creativity at work.

Hurdling the Challenges of the 2019 IAAF World Championships

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