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Reports of mental imagery in retrieval from long-term memory. 1996

W F Brewer, and J R Pani
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61820, USA.

Phenomenal reports were obtained immediately after participants retrieved information from long-term memory. Data were gathered for six basic forms of memory (semantic, generic perceptual, recollective, motor skill, rote skill, cognitive skill) and for three forms of memory that asked for declarative information about procedural tasks (motor-declarative, rote-declarative, cognitive-declarative). The data show consistent reports of mental imagery during retrieval of information from the generic perceptual, recollective, motor-declarative, rote-declarative, and cognitive-declarative categories; much less imagery was reported for the semantic, motor, rote, and cognitive categories. Overall, the data provide support for the theoretical framework outlined in Brewer and Pani (1983).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007092 Imagination A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience. Imaginations
D008568 Memory Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory.
D009048 Motor Skills Performance of complex motor acts. Motor Skill,Skill, Motor,Skills, Motor
D010465 Perception The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted. Sensory Processing,Processing, Sensory
D011939 Mental Recall The process whereby a representation of past experience is elicited. Recall, Mental
D003071 Cognition Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism obtains knowledge. Cognitive Function,Cognitions,Cognitive Functions,Function, Cognitive,Functions, Cognitive
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001245 Association Learning The principle that items experienced together enter into a connection, so that one tends to reinstate the other. Association Learnings,Learning, Association,Learnings, Association
D012660 Semantics The relationships between symbols and their meanings. Semantic
D014706 Verbal Learning Learning to respond verbally to a verbal stimulus cue. Learning, Verbal,Learnings, Verbal,Verbal Learnings

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