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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449964603321

Titolo

Imagery, language, and visuo-spatial thinking [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michel Denis ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Psychology Press, 2001

ISBN

1-135-43094-2

1-280-11191-7

9786610111916

0-203-99623-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning

Altri autori (Persone)

DenisMichel <1943->

Disciplina

152.14/2

Soggetti

Imagery (Psychology)

Visualization

Psycholinguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

Imagery, Language and Visuo-Spatial Thinking discusses the remarkable human ability to use mental imagery in everyday life: from helping plan actions and routes to aiding creative thinking; from making sense of and remembering our immediate environment to generating pictures in our minds from verbal descriptions of scenes or people. The book also considers the important theme of how individuals differ in their ability to use imagery. With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in cogn