Individual differences in reported visual imagery and memory performance*
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 70 (1) , 51-57
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1979.tb02142.x
Abstract
High school students [70] completed the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ). Two mo. later, the 16 highest scores (low visualizers) and the 16 lowest scores (high visualizers) took part in a memory experiment involving abstract words, concrete words and pictures. Analyses of variance showed that high visualizers were superior to low visualizers on all 3 kinds of item in short-term recall, whereas they were only superior on the concrete words and pictures in long-term recall. Both groups performed equally well on a subsequent recognition test. The validity of the VVIQ was supported.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Reported Imagery and Two Spatial TestsPerceptual and Motor Skills, 1976
- Factorial validity of imagery measuresBehaviour Research and Therapy, 1976