PSY270H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Zenon Pylyshyn, Stephen Kosslyn, Steven Pinker
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Visual imagery occurs when we see things in our mind that aren"t physically present. Mental imagery is the ability to recreate the sensory world in the absence of physical stimuli, also occurs in senses other than vision. Auditory imagery has played an important role in the creative process of music, and so has visual imagery in scientific discoveries. Imagery provides a way of thinking that adds another dimension to the verbal techniques usually associated with thinking. The history of imagery can be traced back to the first psych lab, founded by wilhelm. Wundt said that images were one of the three basic elements of consciousness; along with sensations and feelings. The idea of a link b/w imagery and thinking gave rise to the imageless thought debate, the debate about whether thought is possible in the absence of images. Behaviourists branded the study of imagery as unproductive bc the images are invisible to everyone except the person experiencing them.
