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THE RELATION OF REPORTED IMAGERY TO COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
DURNDELL A. J.,
WETHERICK N. E.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1976.tb01538.x
Subject(s) - psychology , controllability , mental image , cognition , cognitive psychology , gestalt psychology , task (project management) , relation (database) , developmental psychology , perception , data mining , mathematics , management , neuroscience , computer science , economics
Six groups of subjects with known scores on reported controllability and vividness of imagery were tested on five cognitive tasks. A high ‘controllability of visual imagery’ group performed two divergent thinking tasks better than a low ‘controllability’ group. Self‐rated use of imagery was positively associated [with performance on the divergent thinking tasks and negatively associated with performance on a Gestalt‐type problem task. No relationships were found between reported imagery and performance on two concept tasks, one of which was purely visual.