Concept information
Preferred term
mental imagery
Definition
- The cognitive process by which mental representations of sensory and perceptual experiences are formed and manipulated in the absence of stimuli.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- imagination
- mental image
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Morton, C., & MacLeod, A. K. (2023). Vividness of imagery and affective response to episodic memories and episodic future thoughts: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Memory, 31(8), 1098–1110. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2224609
{{#each properties}}• Document type: meta-analysis
• Access: open
- • Nanay, B. (2021). Mental imagery. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2021). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/mental-imagery/
• Document type: conceptual analysis
, literature review• Access: free
- • Nanay, B. (2023). Mental imagery: Philosophy, psychology, neuroscience. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198809500.001.0001
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Pearson, J. (2019). The human imagination : The cognitive neuroscience of visual mental imagery. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 20(10), 624‑634. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-019-0202-9
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Sahadevan, S. S., Chen, Y. Y., & Caplan, J. B. (2021). Imagery-based strategies for memory for associations. Memory, 29(10), 1275–1295. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.1978095
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Has study method(s)
Impaired in
In other languages
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French
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image mentale
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imagination
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représentation imagée
URI
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