Understanding Performance Discrepancies Through Personal Reflection

You've heard that mental practice and mental imagery can help enhance your learning - but what if your images are fuzzy and this is difficult for you? Is this something that you can get better at with practice?

Spoiler alert: yes - and a 2014 study provides some insights into a way to improve your mental imagery abilities that might be easier than practicing imagery the regular old-fashioned way. Through a technique called "action observation."

But is action observation as effective as the traditional way of practicing imagery?

Get all the nerdy details, references, and more right here:
An Easier Way to Get Better at Mental Imagery?

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