Imagination
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain.

30 Aug 2009 Suggestion, a powerful factor in everyday social interaction, is most effective during hypnosis. Subjective evaluations and brain-imaging findings converge to propose that hypnotic suggestion strongly modulates sensory processing. To reveal the ... Read more...

Effects of different viewing perspectives on somatosensory activations during observation of touch.

30 Aug 2009 Previous studies showed that neurons in the monkey premotor cortex became active when performing a particular action and also when observing the same action performed by others. These findings suggest a mirror system for action observation. ... Read more...

Counting the dead and regulating the living: early modern statistics and the formation of the sociological imagination (1662-1897).

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Imagination'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Strange power of speech. 29 Oct 2009
• Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of different viewing perspectives on somatosensory activations during observation of touch. 30 Aug 2009
• 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
• [Contemporary cognitive theories about developmental dyscalculia] 30 Jul 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
• Time-space synaesthesia--a cognitive advantage? 22 Jul 2009
• Non-invasive BCI: how far can we get with motor imagination? 16 Jul 2009
• Pain language and gender differences when describing a past pain event. 5 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

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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)