mental imagery
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmentalandimagery
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mental
adjective
uk/ˈmen.təl/us/-t̬əl/
relating to the mind, or involving the process ...
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imagery
noun[U]
uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.dʒər.i/us/ˈɪm.ə.dʒər.i/
the use of words or pictures in books, films, paintings, etc. to describe ideas ...
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(Definition ofmentalandimageryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Although the motor-area activities were likely linked to somementalimageryprocesses, they would not be in a modality-specific form.
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It seems thatmentalimageryis not an entirely off-line process.
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This suggests that there is no stable disposition toward abnormalmentalimageryassociated with hallucinations.
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No differences emerged on any of thementalimagerymeasures or on reality monitoring accuracy.
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Some evidence has been reported showing thatmentalimageryinvolves activity in areas of striate cortex associated with vision.
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The consensus of the evidence in memory psychophysics provides little, if any, support for the picture theory ofmentalimagery.
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To put it bluntly,mentalimagerydid not evolve to function in the manner of cameras and photocopiers.
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Nevertheless, there was less opportunity for readers to be misled when they were learning about memory than when the topic wasmentalimagery.
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However, we claim thatmentalimageryis intrinsically dynamic and that the very nature ofmentalimagery will not be uncovered by studying static pictures.
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Normalmentalimageryis not hallucinatory and is highly constrained by dorsolateral prefrontal structures (among other things) which are deactivated during most apex dreaming.
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If it was supposed to be about whether reasoning by usingmentalimageryis somehow different from reasoning without it, nobody can doubt that.
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In sum, these findings provide evidence of an association between proverb comprehension andmentalimageryin older children and young adults.
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In conclusion, "in search of a theory" formentalimagery, the fundamental dynamics of every living creature should not be neglected.
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It is, however, possible that a more systematic investigation with these techniques could make an essential contribution to clarifying the nature ofmentalimagery.
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Given the similar patterns observed inmentalimageryand proverb comprehension across groups, it was important to examine the relationships between the two tasks.
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These visual phenomena are difficult to interpret in respect of the two hypotheses ofmentalimagery.
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Eyewitness accounts also assist the development of thementalimageryneeded to reconstruct the progression of events in one's own mind.
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Indeed, it has been suggested thatmentalimageryis a trial run of what it would be like to experience such a perception.
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