Andrew Huberman· PhD
forget the idea that visualization training is as good as the actual behavior.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
forget the idea that visualization training is as good as the actual behavior.
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My hunch based on and my understanding of the scientific literature is that visualization can be useful to some extent for people that are very good at visualization, but for many people, it doesn't help. And that there's nothing like real physical practice to improve physical practice.
just imagining a skill can lead to the same increases in performance as actually executing that skill and that's simply not the case