Visual Imagery and Consciousness Document Type:Book Chapter
Keywords:image, visualization, consciousness, mental imagery,
imagination, mind's eye, perception, intentionality, imageless
thought, quasi-pictorial, propositional, enactive, sensorimotor,
mental representation, Behaviorism Deposited by:Nigel J.T.
Thomas Date of Issue:2009 Editors:Banks, William P. Title of
Book:Encyclopedia of Consciousness Number of Pages:19 Place of
Publication:Oxford Abstract:Considers whether imagery should be
understood as a form of conscious experience that can function
as mental representation, or as a form of mental representation
that can sometimes be consciously experienced. Outlines the
history of ideas about the cognitive importance of conscious
imagery, and of attempts to study individual differences in the
subjective imagery experience. Describes the three basic types
of imagery theory (picture theory, description theory, and
enactive/perceptual activity theory) and considers their
implications for our understanding o