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Visualization and the Brain: What Mental Rehearsal Actually Does to Neural Architecture

  1. Hook slide — Visualization and the Brain: What Mental Rehearsal Actually Does to Neural Architecture

    Visualization and the Brain: What Mental Rehearsal Actually Does to Neural Architecture

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  2. The insight — Mental rehearsal activates the same neural circuits as physical practice. Research from sports science, neurosurgery,...

    Mental rehearsal activates the same neural circuits as physical practice. Research from sports science, neurosurgery,...

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  3. The truth — Visualization and the Brain: What Mental Rehearsal Actually Does to Neural Architecture

    The truth about visualization and the brain: what mental rehearsal actually does to neural architecture

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  4. Key takeaway — Mental rehearsal activates the same neural circuits as physical practice. Research from sports science, neurosurgery,...

    Mental rehearsal activates the same neural circuits as physical practice. Research from sports science, neurosurgery,...

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Mental rehearsal activates the same neural circuits as physical practice. Research from sports science, neurosurgery, and cognitive neuroscience shows exactly what visualization does — and does not do — in the brain.

 

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