Imagery Ability and Task Performance.
Abstract
Fifty subjects on a battery of imagery task, and showed that the subjects differed in their ability to perform specific imagery operations (such as image scanning, rotation, and generation). The generality and reliability of the imagery analyses were examined by testing fourteen of the original subjects in a new imagery experiment. This experiment was conducted over one year after the initial task battery was administered, and relied on a task different from any of those used in the initial battery. The task was designed to measure a number of components of the visual imagery process, and each subject's performance was predicted by his performance in the original tasks. In the 14 cases where correlations were expected between the old and new measures, only two correlations clearly failed to be obtained; and in the 12 cases where we did not expect to find correlations, only 2 were in fact found. The results supported the fundamental assumptions made earlier about image processing, and also hinted at some interesting strategic abilities and possible set effects in processing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 24, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA124905
Entities
People
- Jennifer L. Brunn
- Kyle R. Cave
- Stephen M. Kosslyn
- Zoe E. Forbes
Organizations
- Brandeis University