Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Working memory and acquisition of implicit knowledge by imagery training, without actual task performance.

A F Helene1, G F Xavier

  • 1Department of Physiology, Biosciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. afh@ib.usp.br

Neuroscience
|February 1, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Imagery training effectively teaches implicit skills like mirror reading, matching the efficiency of actual practice. This method proves robust even when combined with complex cognitive tasks.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Neonatal anoxia in rats: hippocampal cellular and subcellular changes related to cell death and spatial memory.

Neuroscience·2014
Same author

Brazilian scientific funding agency budgets have not matched the country's economic growth.

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas·2013
Same author

Long-term social recognition memory in adult male rats: factor analysis of the social and non-social behaviors.

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas·2010
Same author

Financial support of graduate programs in Brazil: quo vadis?

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas·2006
Same author

Dentate gyrus-selective colchicine lesion and disruption of performance in spatial tasks: difficulties in "place strategy" because of a lack of flexibility in the use of environmental cues?

Hippocampus·2000
Same author

Loss of CA1 cells following global ischaemia correlates with spatial deficits in the circular platform task.

Journal of neuroscience methods·1998

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Skill Acquisition

Background:

  • Implicit skill acquisition is typically studied through direct performance.
  • The role of mental imagery in learning complex skills remains an area of investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the efficacy of imagery training for acquiring a mirror-reading skill.
  • To compare imagery training with actual mirror-reading practice and assess interference from concurrent tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment I: Healthy volunteers underwent imagery training (simulating mirror writing) or control tasks, followed by mirror-reading tests.
  • Experiment II: Compared imagery training versus actual mirror-reading training under various concurrent task conditions.
  • Utilized non-words for mirror-reading assessment to ensure novel skill acquisition.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Imagery training significantly reduced mirror-reading times compared to controls.
  • Imagery training was as effective as actual mirror-reading practice in skill acquisition.
  • Concurrent tasks disrupted actual mirror-reading training but not imagery training.

Conclusions:

  • Top-down imagery training is a highly efficient method for acquiring implicit skills.
  • Imagery-based skill acquisition is resilient to interference from concurrent cognitive tasks.