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In the philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and cognitive science, a mental image is an experience that, on most occasions, significantly resembles the experience of "perceiving" some object, event, or scene but occurs when the relevant object, event, or scene is not actually present to the senses.
Jun 8, 2021 · Can't See Pictures in Your Mind? You're Not Alone. - The New York Times. Many People Have a Vivid ‘Mind’s Eye,’ While Others Have None at All. Scientists are finding new ways to probe two...
Feb 16, 2016 · Cognition. A New Look at Visual Thinking. Creative ideas emerge when visual thinking meets verbal communication. Posted February 16, 2016|Reviewed by Jessica Schrader. People who don’t think...
Aug 5, 2019 · Mental imagery can be advantageous, unnecessary and even clinically disruptive. With methodological constraints now overcome, research has shown that visual imagery involves a network of...
- Joel Pearson
- jpearson@unsw.edu.au
- 2019
Jul 20, 2023 · Visualizing things seems to have much in common with actually seeing them. But if mental images are indeed pictures, why do they lack such simple details?
- Simon Makin
Nov 18, 1997 · If you close your eyes and visualize an apple, what you experience is mental imagery – visual imagery. But mental imagery is far more pervasive in our mental life than just visualizing. It happens in all sense modalities and it plays a crucial role not just in perception, but also in memory, emotions, language, desires and action-execution.
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This chapter reviews the similarities and differences between mental pictures and actual visual stimuli, as well as the distinction between visual and spatial images. It also discusses the neural, behavioral, and phenomenological aspects of mental imagery, and the concept of image vividness.
