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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mental_imageMental image - Wikipedia

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   In the philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and cognitive science, a mental image is an experience that, on most occasions, significantly resembles the experience of "perceiving" some object, event, or scene but occurs when the relevant object, event, or scene is not actually present to the senses.

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3. plato.stanford.edu › entries › mental-imageryMental Imagery - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Nov 18, 1997 · If you close your eyes and visualize an apple, what you experience is mental imagery – visual imagery. But mental imagery is far more pervasive in our mental life than just visualizing. It happens in all sense modalities and it plays a crucial role not just in perception, but also in memory, emotions, language, desires and action-execution.

4. theconversation.com › what-is-mental-imagery-brainWhat is mental imagery? Brain researchers explain the ...

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   Aug 26, 2024 · The brain and mental imagery. Mental imagery is the ability to visualize things and scenarios in your mind, without actual physical input.

5. www.sciencedirect.com › topics › psychologyMental Imagery - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

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   Mental images are sensory events that happen inside one's mind without a corresponding current stimulus coming from the outside world. We can “see with the mind's eye”, “hear with the mind's ear” and so on.

6. plato.stanford.edu › Entries › mental-imageryMental Imagery - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Nov 18, 1997 · Mental imagery (varieties of which are sometimes colloquially refered to as “visualizing,” “seeing in the mind's eye,” “hearing in the head,” “imagining the feel of,” etc.) is quasi-perceptual experience; it resembles perceptual experience, but occurs in the absence of the appropriate external stimuli. It is also generally ...

7. academic.oup.com › edited-volume › 34404Mental Images | The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Psychology ...

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   In this chapter, we explore what is known about mental imagery, in particular, about visual imagery. We review the findings that make it clear visual images do function in important ways as if they were mental pictures, and that the processes of imaging do resemble actual seeing.

8. academic.oup.com › book › 51673Mental Imagery in Psychology and Neuroscience | Mental ...

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   Mental imagery is perceptual representation that is not directly triggered by the sensory input. The key terms of this definition are explained, with special attention to directness. Keywords: mental imagery, perception, perceptual representation, sensory input.