Imagery, language, and visuo-spatial thinking / edited by Michel Denis ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Denis, Michel, 1943-

Series:

Current issues in thinking & reasoning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imagery (Psychology).

Visualization.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

xv, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex [England] : Psychology Press ; Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis, 2001.

Summary:

This authoritative volume offers a coherent statement of current thinking in the field of imagery. Visual imagery and visuo-spatial memory play key roles in the higher cognitive functions of mental representation, creative thinking, and planning complex actions, as well as contributing to differences in mental ability. In this book leading researchers discuss the theory and empirical endeavours that are driving these dynamic research areas, addressing key aspects of the properties and functions of imagery as basic components of human visuo-spatial thinking.

Contents:

Preface. Imagery, language, and visuo-spatial thinking: E pluribus unum / Robert H. Logie, Michel Denis xi

1 The generation, maintenance, and transformation of visuo-spatial mental images / David Pearson, Rossana De Beni, Cesare Cornoldi 1

Image generation and the format of long-term memory information 2

The image medium: Visuo-spatial working memory or a visual buffer? 3

Image generation 7

Types of mental images 8

Properties of the mental image 9

Image maintenance 10

Mental rotation and mental scanning 13

Size and colour transformations 16

Mental synthesis 17

2 Individual differences in visuo-spatial working memory / Tomaso Vecchi, Louise H. Phillips, Cesare Cornoldi 29

The notion of VSWM 29

The study of individual differences in VSWM 38

3 Pictures in memory: The role of visual-imaginal information / Johannes Engelkamp, Hubert D. Zimmer, Manuel de Vega 59

A brief review of developments until 1990 60

Neglected findings supporting the sensory

conceptual distinction 62

Theoretical integration: The case for a multi-system multi-process approach 71

4 The processing of visuo-spatial information: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging investigations / Oliver H. Turnbull, Michel Denis, Emmanuel Mellet, Olivier Ghaem, David P. Carey 81

Two cortical visual systems 83

Object recognition 87

Visuo-spatial imagery 93

5 The interface between language and visuo-spatial representations / Manuel de Vega, Marguerite Cocude, Michel Denis, Maria Jose Rodrigo, Hubert D. Zimmer 109

Framework studies 114

Visuo-spatial images constructed from verbal descriptions 123

6 Language, spatial cognition, and navigation / Michel Denis, Marie-Paule Daniel, Sylvie Fontaine, Francesca Pazzaglia 137

Language, wayfinding, and navigational aids 139

Characteristics of spatial language in describing routes 141

The content and structure of route directions 149

Testing efficacy of directions by measures of navigational performance 153

7 Actions, mental actions, and working memory / Robert H. Logie, Johannes Engelkamp, Doris Dehn, Susan Rudkin 161

The visual cache and inner scribe of working memory 162

Mental paths and physical actions 163

Visuo-spatial representation, imagery, and mental actions 166

Memory, actions, and action descriptions 169

Actions and working memory: The inner scribe? 176.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1841692360

OCLC:

44391686