Thank you Dr. Kirkpatrick for your help. I found the articles very
useful and will be sure to forward on anything I come across which
may be of relevance to you.

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In B-fit@yahoogroups.com, "Kirkpatrick, Dr. Michael" <KirkpaMi@w...>
wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I am very interested to see any responses your question generates
as
> I've been working on these problems as well. Although not directly
> germane to your challenge, I would encourage you to look over the
> following two articles:
>
> Dadds, M., Bovbjerg, D., Redd,W., and Cutmore, T. (1997). Imagery
in
> human classical conditioning. Psychological Bulletin, 122, 89-103.
>
> Roure, R., Collet, C., Deschaumes-Molinaro, C., Delhomme, G.,
Dittmar,
> A., and Vernet-Maury, E. (1999). Imagery quality estimated by
autonomic
> response is correlated to sporting performance enhancement.
Physiology
> & Behavior, 66, 63-72.
>
> The first is a review article from a behavioral perspective, and
the
> second focuses on physiological correlates but makes the point that
> there are indirect mechanisms by which private behavior following
> instructions to perform imagery might be assessed. Good luck with
your
> work. If it is not inconvenient, I would greatly appreaciate
sharing
> any references you are able to uncover. I believe there is
tremendous
> opportunity for behavior analysis to address these thorny
measurement
> issues and lead other scientists in making the visible the
invisible.
>
> Best,
>
> Michael
>
>
> Michael A. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., BCBA
> Associate Professor of Psychology
> Wesley College
> 120 N. State Street
> Dover, DE 19901-3875
>
> E-mail: Kirkpami@W...
> Phone: (302) 736-2457
>
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> chrisshields2001
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> Subject: [B-fit] measurement of inners
>
> As part of my phd I'm using self-talk and visualization in an
attempt to
> improve performance on set tasks. This leads to the problem of
> measurement with these inner behaviours. I was wondering if anyone
knew
> of any research that might preove useful in helping me explain
these
> techniques and their measurement from a more behaviourla
standpoint?