Can You Learn How To Play Ping-Pong By Watching Other Players?
Tuesday April 29, 2008
| It's often said that we are all in danger of turning into couch potatoes, staring endlessly at the TV. But can you turn this problem into an advantage?
According to studies, watching other people perform a complex motor skill (such as a forehand loop in table tennis) actually helps you to learn the task as well. And did you know that skilled ping-pong players actually have different brain patterns than beginners when watching table tennis? What are the implications for the rest of us, and how can we take advantage of what scientists have discovered? Can you really learn how to play table tennis by watching other people play? |
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