Publisher's Synopsis
Imagery - a form of mental representation which allows the human mind to retain and manipulate the information extracted from its environment - is central to the study of psychology and neuroscience. Denis surveys the theoretical debates and recent experimental research on its role in human cognition and provides an analysis of the properties of mental imagery and its importance to perception.;Particular attention is paid to the contributions that the study of imagery has made to the field of the psychology of language: the analysis of lexical significance; and the understanding of terms, and memorization of texts. Denis also takes account of the role of imagery in reasoning, in resolving problems and in planning human action, and more generally in human thought. The text is designed for the upper-level undergraduate or postgraduate in cognitive or neuroscience.
