Accounting for how the human mind represents the internal and external world is a crucial
feature of many theories of human cognition. Central to this question is the distinction …

Where does human knowledge begin? Research on human infants, children, adults, and
nonhuman animals, using diverse methods from the cognitive, brain, and computational …

Spatial thinking is ubiquitous in design. Design education across all age groups
encompasses a range of spatially challenging activities, such as forming and modifying …

This study investigates the creative capacities of artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by
ChatGPT-4, in comparison with human creativity, utilizing the Figural Interpretation Quest …

It is commonly assumed that images, whether in the world or in the head, do not have a
privileged analysis into constituent parts. They are thought to lack the sort of syntactic …

Within the past decade, the term “phantasia” has been increasingly used to describe the
human capacity, faculty, or power of visual mental imagery, with extremes of imagery …

Mental imagery plays an important role in cognitive and emotional processes, therefore it
might contribute to psychopathology in affective disorders. Distressive intrusive imagery is a …

It is unknown to what extent mental imagery and auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are
related. Trials evaluating this issue used both emotional and non‐emotional mental imagery …

Mental simulation is an important tool for managers who want consumers to imagine what
life would be like if they engaged in positive consumption behaviors. However, research has …

One of the most robust relations in cognition is that between spatial and mathematical
reasoning. One important question is whether this relation is domain general or if specific …