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Definition of 'Imagination'

A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience.

Common names: Imagination; Imaginations

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Mental imagery skills and topographical orientation in humans: a correlation study.

10 Oct 2008 Several studies provide evidence that mental imagery is critical for human navigation. However, the contribution of different mental imagery abilities to the individuals' skill of using specific orientation strategies... Read more...


"Perhaps you only imagined doing it": reality-monitoring in obsessive-compulsive checkers using semi-idiographic stimuli.

Sep 2008 Memory failures reported by obsessive-compulsive (OC) checkers often seem to be errors of "reality-monitoring", or misremembering whether one performed or imagined performing an action. To examine these memory processes... Read more...


Obsessive compulsive symptoms and the simulation of future negative events.

Sep 2008 OBJECTIVES: To explore whether Kahneman and Tversky's (1982) simulation heuristic might help account for why the obsessions of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are so compelling to them. It was predicted... Read more...

  

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Technical information about 'Imagination'

Definition: A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience.

Descriptor UI: D007092

Alternative terms: Imagination; Imaginations;

Related Mesh Headings: Imagery (Psychotherapy);

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.188.634;

Technical Notes: note see related IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY): use of images & imagery as a psychother technique so do not confuse with images produced by the imagination ( = IMAGINATION)

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