Explain how motor imagery is different from other forms of imagery discussed in this chapter. Provide an example of motor imagery from your life.
What will be an ideal response?
Motor imagery involves representations or simulations of kinesthetic movement. It is similar to the experience of mentally scanning an image of an object (when the object isn't actually present). For example, recently I wanted to move a couch to an upstairs room. Before picking up the couch and carrying it, I imagined myself going up the stairs, carrying one end of the couch, trying to figure out how to navigate it around the two corner turns and the low ceilingbetween the floors. After doing the mental simulation, I concluded that I could probably do it, and then we physically moved the couch.
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