[tips] Effectiveness of visualization techniques?

Does anyone know of any studies that have been done to determine whether or not visualization techniques actually work? For example, if baseball players visualize themselves hitting the ball, or public speakers visualize their speech going really well - that type of thing. Michael www.thepsychfil

[tips] Spontaneous lactation

"Rob Weisskirch" wrote, " student claimed that she heard that women who hang around nursing mothers and infants often will sometimes start spontaneously lactating, even though they are not pregnant. I know that infant cries can cause nursing mothers to leak but have never heard of lactation by

Re: [tips] Effectiveness of visualization techniques?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know of any studies that have been done to determine > whether or not visualization techniques actually work? For example, > if baseball players visualize themselves hitting the ball, or public > speakers visualize their speech going really well - that type o

Re: [tips] Effectiveness of visualization techniques?

Christopher DDid a little searching, and found that visualization techniques are being used to encourage children with cystic fibrosis, and their parents, to adhere to the chest physiotherapy required (they're taught to visualize mucous accumulating). Problems and solutions: Accounts by paren

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Re: [tips] Effectiveness of visualization techniques?

A must read for all parents with a child with CF as well as the patients themselves is the book by Atul Gwande, "Better." He discusses a documented study that compares the average life span for patients treated with CF at the major treatment centers around our country and the difference is a bit s

[tips] Those single case designs

Those single case designs seem to be popping-up with some frequency on Tips-lactation,cf, visualization,and so on.Most seem to indicate ex-post facto. Whatever happened to the broader outlook instead of testimonial pet peeves? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---

Re: [tips] Effectiveness of visualization techniques?

Hi Allan Paivio, proponent of dual-coding theory, summarized some of the potential benefits of mental practice (imagery) and (I think) some findings up to 1985. See reference below. There are numerous studies of this question, so you should be able to find more recent examples of actual resear

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