The study titled 'Mental Practice Enhances Surgical Technical Skills' compared the skills of 20 novice medical surgery students who practiced surgery through mental rehearsal against a control group of 20 similar students doing identical tasks live in a lab. What was the purpose of this study?
1) To determine the effectiveness of mental practice in enhancing surgical skills
2) To compare the skills of novice medical surgery students with experienced surgeons
3) To investigate the impact of live surgical training on surgical skills
4) To explore the benefits of mental rehearsal in other fields