Mental Imagery Flashcards

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Imagery

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The mental representation of things that cannot be currently seen or felt

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The imagery debate is about ____

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whether our mental images resemble perception (analogue) or language (symbolic)

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Analogue code approach

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Mental imagery is related to perception. Physical characteristics are registered in your brain in a form that represents the physical

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Symbolic code approach

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Mental imagery is related to language. Your brain registers a language-like description

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Neuro-imaging research has shown ____

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that the primary visual cortex is activated when people perform a task involving visual imagery

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Prosopagnosia

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individuals who cannot recognize people’s faces individually, although they can perceive other objects relatively normally

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The majority of researchers support the ____ approach

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The analogical approach (however, controversy is difficult to resolve)

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Dual-code theory

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We use imaginary (analogue) and verbal (symbolic) codes to represent information in our minds

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Propositional theory

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Neither in words nor in pictures. It is an abstract form that represents the underlying meanings of the knowledge

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Image scaling

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The mental zooming in and out of our mental images

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We respond more quickly to questions about ____ objects

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large objects

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Functional equivalence hypothesis

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It takes the same amount of time to perceive something in our “mental eye” as it does for real physical perceptions

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Three examples of the Functional equivalence hypothesis

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  1. Longer rotation takes longer
  2. Judging large distances takes longer
  3. People make decisions about shape longer when they are similar
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Image scanning

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Images are scanned in the same way as physical perceptions

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Bizarreness effect

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An effect seen where sentences describing unusual, bizarre scenarios are remembered better than plausible, common sentences

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Article Experiment 1 (DVN) results:

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Vividness ratings took longer for bizarre sentences. Ratings were not affected by visual distraction, but the speed was.

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Article Experiment 2 (spatial tapping) results:

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Common sentences received higher vividness ratings. No reduction of bizarreness effect

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The results of the experiments indicate ____

These experiments therefore provide evidence against ___

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a limited role of visual imagery in the bizarreness effect.

the dual-code theory