WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BRAIN WHEN YOU VISUALIZE?

When you visualize doing something, your brain responds 

as if you are really doing it.

For example, if you imagine throwing a free throw, the chemicals

produced in your brain, and the electrical impulses sent to the

muscles, are identical to those that would be sent if you were actually

throwing it.

Your brain doesn't know the difference between what's real

and what's imagined.

This is why visualization is a useful tool for achieving a goal. 

By seeing yourself accomplishing it, you're training 

your mind and body for the real thing.

The more vividly and frequently you visualize your goal

activating your senses like sight sound, smell, and

with all the detail and emotion you can imagine

the more likely you are to achieve it.