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The Case for Mental Imagery

Author : Stephen M. Kosslyn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190292512
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Case for Mental Imagery written by Stephen M. Kosslyn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we try to remember whether we left a window open or closed, do we actually see the window in our mind? If we do, does this mental image play a role in how we think? For almost a century, scientists have debated whether mental images play a functional role in cognition. In The Case for Mental Imagery, Stephen Kosslyn, William Thompson, and Giorgio Ganis present a complete and unified argument that mental images do depict information, and that these depictions do play a functional role in human cognition. They outline a specific theory of how depictive representations are used in information processing, and show how these representations arise from neural processes. To support this theory, they seamlessly weave together conceptual analyses and the many varied empirical findings from cognitive psychology and neuroscience. In doing so, they present the conceptual grounds for positing this type of internal representation and summarize and refute arguments to the contrary. Their argument also serves as a historical review of the imagery debate from its earliest inception to its most recent phases, and provides ample evidence that significant progress has been made in our understanding of mental imagery. In illustrating how scientists think about one of the most difficult problems in psychology and neuroscience, this book goes beyond the debate to explore the nature of cognition and to draw out implications for the study of consciousness. Student and professional researchers in vision science, cognitive psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience will find The Case for Mental Imagery to be an invaluable resource for understanding not only the imagery debate, but also and more broadly, the nature of thought, and how theory and research shape the evolution of scientific debates.

Mental Imagery

Author : Alan Richardson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662378175
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Mental Imagery written by Alan Richardson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Principles of Mental Imagery

Author : Ronald A. Finke
Publisher : Bradford Book
ISBN 13 : 9780262525657
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Mental Imagery written by Ronald A. Finke and published by Bradford Book. This book was released on 1989-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagery can be used to improve memory, perceptual skills, even creativity. Numerous experiments carried out over the past 20 years have probed the nature of mental imagery and unlocked its powers. Principles of Mental Imagery offers a broad, balanced, and up to date introduction to the major findings of this research and identifies 5 general principles that can account for most of them. It considers the development of experimental techniques that have solved many of the challenging methodological problems inherent in imagery research and includes recent experimental findings not covered in other imagery books.Principles of Mental Imagery brings together work by all of the key imagery researchers, among them Roger Shepard, Stephen Kosslyn, Allen Paivio, Lynn Cooper, Steven Pinker and the author. Chapters present new research on the role that imagery plays in human memory, new findings on how mental imagery influences perception (one of the dominant issues in modern imagery research), recent studies on "representational momentum" experimental demonstrations of how imagery can be used to make creative, visual discoveries, and recent work on imagery deficits in brain damaged patients. And, a new argument is made for why the study of mental imagery should be motivated by general principles, rather than formal models. Each chapter concludes with convenient summaries and suggestions for further exploration.Ronald A. Fluke is Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas A & M University. A Bradford Book

Encyclopedia of Mental Imagery

Author : Gerald Epstein
Publisher : Gerald Epstein
ISBN 13 : 1883148103
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Mental Imagery written by Gerald Epstein and published by Gerald Epstein. This book was released on 2012 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 2,100 original mental imagery exercises drawn from the work of the great 20th-century spiritual master and healer Colette Aboulker-Muscat, this manual of spiritual teaching and rich treasury of powerful healing images can be used as a daily source of inspiration, transformation, and healing.

Mental Images and Their Transformations

Author : Roger N. Shepard
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262690997
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Book Synopsis Mental Images and Their Transformations by : Roger N. Shepard

Download or read book Mental Images and Their Transformations written by Roger N. Shepard and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1986-02-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects some of the most exciting pioneering work in perceptual and cognitive psychology. The authors' quantitative approach to the study of mental images and their representation is clearly depicted in this invaluable volume of research which presents, interprets, evaluates, and extends their work. The selections are preceded by a thorough review of the history of their experiments, and all of the articles have been updated with reviews of the current literature. The book's first part focuses on mental rotation; the second includes other, more complex transformations and sequences of transformations. A third part describes work on rotational transformations in the context of the perceptual illusion of &"apparent motion.&" Roger N. Shepard is Professor of Psychology, Stanford University. Lynn A. Cooper is Professor of Psychology, University of Arizona. A Bradford Book.

Using Mental Imagery to Enhance Creative and Work-related Processes

Author : Valerie Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351744968
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Using Mental Imagery to Enhance Creative and Work-related Processes written by Valerie Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Using Mental Imagery to Enhance Creative and Work-Related Processes, Valerie Thomas explores the productive use of mental imagery skills to engage with the processes of creativity. Practical and original, the book offers detailed guidance for a highly effective method that can provide rich insights into the development of a range of creative enterprises, including artistic and work-related projects. In this accessible and innovative book, Thomas pays equal attention to the theory and application of mental imagery. First, she explains how imagination-based methods have been developed and theorised within the discipline of creative behaviour, especially with regard to dual-processing theories of creativity. The book then considers mental imagery as a dialogical method informed by contemporary post-Cartesian theories of embodied cognition that reprise an earlier premodern understanding of imagination as a mediator between body and mind. Thomas introduces a particular approach to mental imagery that, informed by a functional research-informed framework (the Interactive Communicative model of mental imagery), can be applied very effectively to creative processes. The second half of the book provides detailed guidance on how to apply this particular method and is copiously illustrated with case vignettes. It includes chapters on using imagery theorised as conceptual metaphors such as the plant image for representing creative capabilities and the building image for representing creative and work-related projects. It also explains how to use imagery to represent and work with the conceptual processes of undertaking qualitative research projects. This original and wide-ranging book advances the scope and use of creative image-work in diverse settings. It will be an essential resource for everyone who is interested in developing their own mental imagery skills for creative real-world applications and for all professionals such as coaches, therapists and research educators who want to facilitate creativity in others.

Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Author : Valerie Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317375548
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy written by Valerie Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The therapeutic potential of working with clients' mental images is widely acknowledged, yet there is still little in the counselling and psychotherapy literature on more inclusive approaches to the clinical applications of mental imagery. Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy is a unique, accessible guide for counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to develop their expertise in this important therapeutic practice. Contemporary practitioners have at their disposal a large repertoire of imagery methods and procedures comprising the contributions from different therapeutic schools and clinical innovators. Valerie Thomas identifies some of the common features in these approaches and offers a transtheoretical framework that supports integrative practitioners in understanding and using mental imagery to enhance therapeutic processes. The book: Examines the development of the theory and practice of mental imagery within a wider context of the history of imagination as a healing modality; Describes the different ways that mental imagery has been incorporated into therapeutic practice and evaluates recent developments; Reviews explanations of the therapeutic efficacy of mental imagery and considers how recent theoretical concepts provide a means of understanding the role that mental images play in processing experience; Includes reflections on ways to develop more inclusive theory and proposes a model that can inform integrative practice. Using a wide range of clinical vignettes to illustrate theory and cutting-edge research, Valerie Thomas proposes a new integrated model of practice. Providing clear and detailed guidance on applying the model to clinical practice, the book will be essential reading for psychotherapists and counsellors, both in practice and training, who wish to harness the therapeutic efficacy of mental imagery.

Image and Mind

Author : Stephen Michael Kosslyn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674443662
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book Image and Mind written by Stephen Michael Kosslyn and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kosslyn makes an impressive case for the view that images are critically involved in the life of the mind. In a series of ingenious experiments, he provides hard evidence that people can construct elaborate mental images, search them for specific information, and perform such other internal operations as mental rotation.

Mental Images in Human Cognition

Author : R.H. Logie
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080867342
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Mental Images in Human Cognition written by R.H. Logie and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1991-06-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the research efforts of individuals whose scientific expertise lies in reflection on what Sartre described as reflective acts. Theory in the cognitive psychology of mental imagery, endeavors not only being able to describe the contents and nature of mental imagery, but also being able to understand the underlying functional cognition. Psychologists need not solely rely on the techniques of introspection, and the last two decades have seen highly creative developments in techniques for eliciting behavioural data to be complemented by introspective reports. This level of sophistication has provided singular insights into the relationship between imagery and other consequential and universal aspects of human cognition: perception, memory, verbal processes and problem solving. The recognition that imagery, despite its ubiquitous nature, differs between individuals both in prevalence and in kind, and the dramatic rise in cognitive science has provided the additional potential for integrating our understanding of cognitive function with our understanding of neuroanatomy and of computer science. All of these relationships, developments and issues are dealt with in detail in this book, by some of the most distinguished authors in imagery research, working at present in both Europe and the USA.

Mental Imagery

Author : Joel Pearson
Publisher : Frontiers E-books
ISBN 13 : 2889191494
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Mental Imagery written by Joel Pearson and published by Frontiers E-books. This book was released on with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our ability to be conscious of the world around us is often discussed as one of the most amazing yet enigmatic processes under scientific investigation today. However, our ability to imagine the world around us in the absence of stimulation from that world is perhaps even more amazing. This capacity to experience objects or scenarios through imagination, that do not necessarily exist in the world, is perhaps one of the fundamental abilities that allows us successfully to think about, plan, run a dress rehearsal of future events, re-analyze past events and even simulate or fantasize abstract events that may never happen. Empirical research into mental imagery has seen a recent surge, due partly to the development of new neuroscientifc methods and their clever application, but also due to the increasing discovery and application of more objective methods to investigate this inherently internal and private process. As the topic is cross hosted in Frontiers in Perception Science and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, we invite researchers from different fields to submit opinionated but balanced reviews, new empirical, theoretical, philosophical or technical papers covering any aspect of mental imagery. In particular, we encourage submissions focusing on different sensory modalities, such as olfaction, audition somatosensory etc. Similarly, we support submissions focusing on the relationship between mental imagery and other neural and cognitive functions or disorders such as visual working memory, visual search or disorders of anxiety. Together, we hope that collecting a group of papers on this research topic will help to unify theory while providing an overview of the state of the field, where it is heading, and how mental imagery relates to other cognitive and sensory functions.

Managing Stress

Author : Brian Luke Seaward
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763735326
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Managing Stress written by Brian Luke Seaward and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive approach to honouring the integration, balance and harmony of mind, body, spirit and emotions. This holistic approach guides readers to greater levels of mental, emotional and physical well-being.

The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination

Author : Anna Abraham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108429246
Total Pages : 865 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination written by Anna Abraham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human imagination manifests in countless different forms. We imagine the possible and the impossible. How do we do this so effortlessly? Why did the capacity for imagination evolve and manifest with undeniably manifold complexity uniquely in human beings? This handbook reﬂects on such questions by collecting perspectives on imagination from leading experts. It showcases a rich and detailed analysis on how the imagination is understood across several disciplines of study, including anthropology, archaeology, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. An integrated theoretical-empirical-applied picture of the ﬁeld is presented, which stands to inform researchers, students, and practitioners about the issues of relevance across the board when considering the imagination. With each chapter, the nature of human imagination is examined - what it entails, how it evolved, and why it singularly deﬁnes us as a species.

Mental Imagery

Author : Bence Nanay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192537318
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Mental Imagery written by Bence Nanay and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience is about mental imagery and the important work it does in our mental life. It plays a crucial role in the vast majority of our perceptual episodes. It also helps us understand many of the most puzzling features of perception (like the way it is influenced in a top-down manner and the way different sense-modalities interact). But mental imagery also plays a very important role in emotions, action execution, and even in our desires. In sum, there are very few mental phenomena that mental imagery doesn't show up in—in some way or other. The hope is that if we understand what mental imagery is, how it works and how it is related to other mental phenomena, we can make real progress on a number of important questions about the mind. This book is written for an interdisciplinary audience. As it aims to combine philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to understand mental imagery, the author has not presupposed any prior knowledge in any of these disciplines, so any reader can follow the arguments.

Mental Imagery in the Child

Author : Jean Piaget
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415168939
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Mental Imagery in the Child written by Jean Piaget and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Healing Visualizations

Author : Gerald Epstein, M.D.
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553346237
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Healing Visualizations written by Gerald Epstein, M.D. and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1989-07-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprehensive guide to imagery therapy for: the common cold, bone fractures, arthritis, hypertension, headaches, asthma, infertility, depression, pms, anxiety, obesity, and much more For years it has been widely known that the mind exerts a tremendous influence on our physical well-being—often determining the difference between health and disease. In Healing Visualizations, Dr. Gerald Epstein, a psychiatrist and pioneer in waking dream therapy, provides a new vision of how the mind can help heal the body through the power of “imaginal medicine.” Developed over fifteen years of clinical practice, Dr. Epstein’s safe, potent techniques for tapping the mind’s healing energy enable us to influence our own health with remarkably fast, positive results. More than seventy-five exercises cover specific health problems form common ailments such as allergies, colds, backaches, headaches, and arthritis to life-threatening illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. Each exercise takes just one to five minutes. And there are special visualizations for overall wellness that you can personalize to fit your own daily health and fitness needs. A revolutionary and inspiring program, Healing Visualizations is a major contribution to understanding, restoring, and maintaining the healthful unity of body and mind.

Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Author : Valerie Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317375556
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy written by Valerie Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The therapeutic potential of working with clients' mental images is widely acknowledged, yet there is still little in the counselling and psychotherapy literature on more inclusive approaches to the clinical applications of mental imagery. Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy is a unique, accessible guide for counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to develop their expertise in this important therapeutic practice. Contemporary practitioners have at their disposal a large repertoire of imagery methods and procedures comprising the contributions from different therapeutic schools and clinical innovators. Valerie Thomas identifies some of the common features in these approaches and offers a transtheoretical framework that supports integrative practitioners in understanding and using mental imagery to enhance therapeutic processes. The book: Examines the development of the theory and practice of mental imagery within a wider context of the history of imagination as a healing modality; Describes the different ways that mental imagery has been incorporated into therapeutic practice and evaluates recent developments; Reviews explanations of the therapeutic efficacy of mental imagery and considers how recent theoretical concepts provide a means of understanding the role that mental images play in processing experience; Includes reflections on ways to develop more inclusive theory and proposes a model that can inform integrative practice. Using a wide range of clinical vignettes to illustrate theory and cutting-edge research, Valerie Thomas proposes a new integrated model of practice. Providing clear and detailed guidance on applying the model to clinical practice, the book will be essential reading for psychotherapists and counsellors, both in practice and training, who wish to harness the therapeutic efficacy of mental imagery.

From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language

Author : Valérie Gyselinck
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 113615471X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language written by Valérie Gyselinck and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of mental images and their relation to language has caused controversy amongst psychologists for years, and the so-called "imagery debate" is still unresolved. Fresh light is now being shed on this topic using recent findings in neuroscience and the development of behavioural studies. Reviewing state-of-the-art research in the field of imagery, visuo-spatial memory, spatial representation and language, with special emphasis on their interactions, the volume shows how, and to what extent, findings from the studies on imagery can positively influence and enrich other psychological areas such as: Working memory Space and time representation Language and embodiment Chapter 9, written by Michel Denis, to whom this book is dedicated, analyses more than three decades of research, and outlines the shared scientific journey of friendship and discovery that has developed across various cognitive topics, all of which are linked to, and inspired by, imagery conceptualization. This is the only book to present a critical outline of research on these topics in a single volume, and as such will be invaluable to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in such fields as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, computer science and neuropsychology.