Open AccessA study of Mind Image Drawings
Author(s) -
Murayama Kumiko
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5884.00003
Subject(s) - semantic differential , unconscious mind , psychology , factor (programming language) , cognitive psychology , cognition , originality , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , social psychology , computer science , creativity , psychoanalysis , neuroscience , programming language
This report dealt with a newly introduced method of drawing named, “Mind Image Drawings.” First, the subjects depicted images in their mind freely. Second, the subjects described their own pictures using three epithets. Third, the subjects added “I am” to these words, and read them aloud. Through these techniques, the subjects not only projected the unconscious side of their mind in the drawings, but also could obtain insight into their mind on the cognitive level. Last, the subjects judged their drawings using 17 semantic differential scales. The “originality factor,” the “evaluation factor,” and several types of “expressiveness factors” were extracted in the factor analyses of the scales.