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Mental simulation inflates performance estimates for physical abilities.
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In five experiments, we examined how mental simulation of physical activities affected estimates of ones ability to perform the same activities. In Experiment 1, participants who simulated lifting aheavy object estimated that they could lift more weight ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Apr
in Journal: Mem Cognit
(Language : eng)
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2002 Apr;30(3):372-9
Mental simulation inflates performance estimates for physical abilities.
Landau JD, Libkuman TM, Wildman JC
Department of Behavorial Sciences, York College of Pennsylvania, 17405-7199, USA. jlandau@ycp.edu
In five experiments, we examined how mental simulation of physical activities affected estimates of one's ability to perform the same activities. In Experiment 1, participants who simulated lifting aheavy object estimated that they could lift more weight than did participants who did not perform the simulation. In Experiment 2A, the frequency with which participants performed the simulation exercises was manipulated. In Experiments 2B and 2C, we manipulated the amount of weight that people simulated lifting in order to address potential alternative explanations of the inflation effect. In Experiment 3, mental simulations were manipulated within subjects. In all the experiments, the simulated events showed inflated estimates, as compared with nonsimulated events. These results were interpreted in the context of the misattribution-of-familiarity account of imagination inflation.
PMID : 12061758 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Joshua D | Landau | JD |
| Terry M | Libkuman | TM |
| Jonathon C | Wildman | JC |
Affiliation: Department of Behavorial Sciences, York College of Pennsylvania, 17405-7199, USA. jlandau@ycp.edu
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