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R D Frey

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Cognitive strategies of university athletes.

Thirty-six college basketball players and skiers, both men and women, were interviewed about their use of cognitive processes to prepare themselves for competition. The interviews examined cognitive techniques for enhancing motor skills and developing competitive strategies. During the interviews the subjects engaged in some of their cognitive preparation strategies and then described the details of these experiences. All athletes reported that the use of cognitive strategies enhanced their performance. Their imagery was rich, detailed, and multisensory. An average of three sensory modalities were present in the imagery. Vision, kinesthesis, and touch were the most common sensory experiences reported, but audition, taste, and smell were also experienced by some athletes. Strong affective states, especially confidence and satisfaction, accompanied the imagery. Individual differences in the imagery used by the athletes were also found and may be related to individual differences in the athletes' cognitive styles.

Basketball

Distance perception with holographically reconstructed objects.

It has been assumed that a holographically reconstructed object is seen as though it is the actual object, including that it is seen at the distance of the actual object when it was holographed. A psychophysical experiment was carried out with seven subjects to test this assumption. The results clearly show that the perceived distances of holographically reconstructed objects are not equivalent to the perceived distances of actual objects. Thus a fundamental assumption in holography has not been supported by experimental data.

Distance Perception