The Case for Mental Imagery

by Giorgio Ganis, William L. Thompson, Stephen M. Kosslyn

Book Overview

When we try to remember whether we left a window open or closed, do we actually see the window in our mind? If we do, does this mental image play a role in how we think? For almost a century, scientists have debated whether mental images play a functional role in cognition. In The Case for Mental Imagery, Stephen Kosslyn, William Thompson, and Giorgio Ganis present a complete and unified argument that mental images do depict information, and that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195179080
• ISBN13: 9780195179088
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"