Stretching the Imagination (Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language)

Author: Cesare CornoldiPublisher: Oxford University PressPaperback:ISBN 10: 0195099486ISBN 13: 978-0195099485Hardcover:ISBN 10: 0195099478ISBN 13: 978-0195099478This is the first volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores the issues being debated in psychology, child development, linguistics, and neuroscience. Each volume consists of the presentation of three or four extensive chapters by researchers representing key points of view on the issue. This text examines one of the liveliest areas of debate in psychology today, the relationship between perception and mental imagery. A variety of recent studies have pointed to the existence of a strong relationship between memory and mental representation, while others have shown that images are open to reinterpretation and manipulation, and are therefore not merely static impressions or mental representations of memories. Three core chapters by researchers in the midst of this debate--Maria Brandimonte, Geir Kaufmann, and Dan Reisberg