In the Mind's Eye

The archer stands and pulls back the bow, visualizing the path of the arrow to the target. Does this mental exercise enhance performance? Can we all use such techniques to improve performance in our daily lives? In the Mind's Eye addresses these and other intriguing questions. This volume considers basic issues of performance, exploring how techniques for quick learning affect long-term retention, whether an expert's behavior can serve as a model for beginners, if team performance is the sum of individual members' performances, and whether subliminal learning has a basis in science. The book also considers meditation and some other pain control techniques. Deceit and the ability to detect deception are explored in detail. In the area of self-assessment techniques for career development, the volume evaluates the widely used Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Table of Contents Front Matter Part I Overview 1 Background 2 Findings and Conclusions Part II Training 3 Optimizing Long-Term Retention and Transfer 4 Modeling Expertise 5 Developing Careers Part III Altering Mental States 6 Subliminal Self-Help 7 Meditation 8 Managing Pain 9 Hiding and Detecting Deception 10 A Broader Concept of Deception Part IV Performing 11 Optimizing Individual Performance 12 Enhancing Team Performance Appendix A: Committee Activities Appendix B: Biographical Sketches Index