Mental Images in Human Cognition

✍ Scribed by Robert H. Logie and Michel Denis (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 451
• Series: Advances in Psychology 80
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 U.S.A.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Edited by
Page ii

Copyright page
Page iii

Preface
Pages v-vi
Robert H. Logie, Michel Denis

Acknowledgements
Page vii

List of Contributors
Pages xiii-xvi

Chapter 1 Dissociable aspects of the mental representation of visual objects Original Research Article
Pages 3-34
Lynn A. Cooper

Chapter 2 Visual imagery in locomotor movement without vision Original Research Article
Pages 35-46
Even Loarer, Alain Savoyant

Chapter 3 Conflicting spatial frames of reference in a locating task Original Research Article
Pages 47-55
Patrick Péruch, Alain Savoyant

Chapter 4 Auditory imagery and inner speech Original Research Article
Pages 59-81
Daniel Reisberg, Meg Wilson, J. David Smith

Chapter 5 Visuo-spatial interference and apperception in chess Original Research Article
Pages 83-94
Pertti Saariluoma

Chapter 6 Encoding and maintenance of information in visual working memory Original Research Article
Pages 95-104
Gerry Quinn

Chapter 7 Visuo-spatial working memory: Visual, spatial or central executive? Original Research Article
Pages 105-115
Robert H. Logie, Clelia Marchetti

Chapter 8 Imagery and enactment in paired-associate learning Original Research Article
Pages 119-128
Johannes Engelkamp

Chapter 9 Size comparison with verbal and pictorial material Original Research Article
Pages 129-140
Gilbert Mohr, Johannes Engelkamp

Chapter 10 Description of perceived or imagined spatial networks Original Research Article
Pages 141-152
Frédérique Robin, Michel Denis

Chapter 11 Building referents of indeterminate sentences in the context of short narratives Original Research Article
Pages 153-167
Manuel de Vega, José M. Díaz

Chapter 12 Imaging objects, routines, and locations Original Research Article
Pages 171-182
Martin A. Conway, Hank Kahney, Kathryn Bruce, Helen Duce

Chapter 13 Bizarre imagery: Mnemonic benefits and theoretical implications Original Research Article
Pages 183-192
Mark A. McDaniel, Giles O. Einstein

Chapter 14 Concreteness, imagery, and memory for prose Original Research Article
Pages 193-207
Marc Marschark, John Warner, Roxann Thompson, Charles Huffman

Chapter 15 Why does mental visualization facilitate problem-solving? Original Research Article
Pages 211-227
Alessandro Antonietti

Chapter 16 Imagery in mental construction and decomposition tasks Original Research Article
Pages 229-240
Tore Helstrup, Rita E. Anderson

Chapter 17 Understanding spatial descriptions: Test of a mental-capacity model Original Research Article
Pages 241-254
Sergio Morra, Juan Pascual-Leone, Janice Johnson, Raymond Baillargeon

Chapter 18 What goes on in the mind when we solve syllogisms? Original Research Article
Pages 255-267
Norman E. Wetherick

Chapter 19 Gender differences in imagery, cognition, and memory Original Research Article
Pages 271-303
John T.E. Richardson

Chapter 20 The study of vividness of images Original Research Article
Pages 305-312
Cesare Cornoldi, Rossana De Beni, Fiorella Giusberti, Francesco Marucci, M. Massironi, Giuliana Mazzoni

Chapter 21 Word meaning and the links between the verbal system and modalities of perception and imagery or In verbal memory the eyes see vividly, but ears only faintly hear, fingers barely feel and the nose doesn't know Original Research Article
Pages 313-329
Nick Ellis

Chapter 22 Imagery and spatial ability: When introspective reports predict performance Original Research Article
Pages 331-347
Graham Dean, Peter E. Morris

Chapter 23 A cognitive neuroscience of visual cognition: Further developments Original Research Article
Pages 351-381
Stephen M. Kosslyn

Chapter 24 Image generation and the territory of the left posterior cerebral artery Original Research Article
Pages 383-395
Georg Goldenberg, Christa Artner, Ivo Podreka

Chapter 25 Effortful and automatic activation of imagery: Evidence from right brain damage Original Research Article
Pages 397-408
W.A. van Loon-Vervoorn, A. Elzinga-Plomp, J.H. Hennink

Author Index
Pages 409-425

Subject Index
Pages 427-433