inner audience

an imagined listener to one’s own silent, inner speech, often associated in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory with an authority figure. The sense of an inner audience may be important in the early development of self-regulation.

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January 30th 2025

symbolic learning theory

a theory that attempts to explain how imagery works in performance enhancement. It suggests that imagery develops and enhances a coding system that creates a mental blueprint of what has to be done to complete an action.