Visual Imagery Psychology

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A mental image or mental picture is the representation in a person's mind of the physical world outside of that person.

Mental imagery that are essential to understanding and evaluating its role in cognition. In the case of visual imagery this means that the brain recruits the visual system to form and maintain mental images. And then images are characterized by a perceptual correspondence with objects and events they represent.

Visual refers to sense of sight and it is depend on our ability to visualize things Whenever we imagine ourselves performing an action in the absence of physical practice, we are said to be using imagery. While most discussions of imagery focus on the visual mode, there exists other modes of experience such as auditory and tactile that are just as important. …show more content…

By using imagery, we can increases the processing of information into the memory system.
For example, trying to remember a phone number by repeating it in your head is a common method, but what might increases your processing of the information might be to use imagery - maybe visualize the numbers being written on a chalk board. This allows you to create a mental picture of the numbers that may be processed more completely.
Useful in therapy:
In psychology, visual imagery is very useful in therapy. People who are in stress conditions use visual imagery to take a mental vacation out of a stressful situation, for example. People may guided through visualizations as part of the therapeutic process when they suffering from trauma or deal with other problems. A psychologist use imagery as a form of assessment, to see how well a client is functioning.
Use in scanning the brains :
Neurologists are interested in scanning the brains of people to learn more about which parts of the brain activate during imagination sessions. People may also be asked to visualize during brain scans which are designed to assess the extent of damage or

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