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Article: Absurd or genius?(editorial)
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- Mechanical Engineering-CIME
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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In psychology it is called visualization and it is used as a simple performance-enhancing technique.
You visualize yourself successfully completing a difficult task before you do it.
For example, you're scared silly of speaking in front of large crowds, so for days before delivering the important speech, in your mind you visualize the crowd in front of you as friendly and receptive, and you see yourself as relaxed and confident on stage.
Athletes in various sports use this technique. The New York Giants' receiver David Tyree, for instance, surely visualized dozens of times making a difficult catch. In last month's Super Bowl he made an absurdly ...