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Imagination
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Definition of 'Imagination'A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience. Common names: Imagination; Imaginations |
Thursday, November 05, 2009
30 Aug 2009 
This paper examines the contributions made by early modern statistical literature to the formation of the sociological imagination. Starting in the mid-seventeenth century, the fields of 'political arithmetic' and vital and moral statistics provided ... Read more...
Retrieval-induced forgetting and mental imagery.
30 Aug 2009 In the present article, we present four experiments in which we examined whether mental imagery can initiate retrieval-induced forgetting. Participants were presented with word pairs (Experiments 1, 2, and 3) or narratives (Experiment 4) and then ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 Sehnsucht (life longings), the intense desire for optimal (utopian) states of life that are remote or unattainable, was recently introduced into life-span psychology as a concept of self-regulation (P. B. Baltes, 2008; S. Scheibe, A. M. Freund, & P. ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Imagination'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Counting the dead and regulating the living: early modern statistics and the formation of the sociological imagination (1662-1897). 30 Aug 2009
- Retrieval-induced forgetting and mental imagery. 30 Aug 2009
- Developmental emergence and functionality of Sehnsucht (life longings): the sample case of involuntary childlessness in middle-aged women. 30 Aug 2009
- Functional MRI in the assessment of cortical activation during gait-related imaginary tasks. 9 Aug 2009
- Dreaming as a 'curtain of illusion': revisiting the 'royal road' with Bion as our guide. 30 Jul 2009
- The relationship between counterfactual thinking and emotional reactions to event outcomes: does one account fit all? 30 Jul 2009
- Non-invasive BCI: how far can we get with motor imagination?
16 Jul 2009 - Spatial forms and mental imagery. 5 Jul 2009
- The objectification of overlearned sequences: a new view of spatial sequence synesthesia. 5 Jul 2009
- A prototype analysis of gratitude: varieties of gratitude experiences. 4 Jul 2009
- The effect of pregnancy on hypnotizability. 29 Jun 2009
- Auditory pitch imagery and its relationship to musical synchronization. 29 Jun 2009
- Imagery mismatch negativity in musicians. 29 Jun 2009
- Brain activity during visual versus kinesthetic imagery: an fMRI study. 29 Jun 2009
- Partners in thought: a clinical process theory of narrative. 29 Jun 2009
- Can imageability help us draw the line between storage and composition? 29 Jun 2009
- Effects of vicarious punishment: a meta-analysis. 29 Jun 2009
- Estimating distance in real and virtual environments: Does order make a difference? 29 Jun 2009
- The frequency of voluntary and involuntary autobiographical memories across the life span. 29 Jun 2009
- Perceptual integration of illusory and imagined kinesthetic images. 29 Jun 2009
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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)