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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195398971
• ISBN13: 9780195398977
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"