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Time matters! Implications from mentally imaged motor actions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Markus Raab  and
Marc Boschker
Markus Raab
Affiliation:
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, 10195 Berlin, Germanyraab@mpib-berlin.mpg.de www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Marc Boschker
Affiliation:
Department of Movement Behavior, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlandsmboschker@fbw.vu.nl www.fbw.vu.nl/~mboschker/
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Abstract

Pylyshyn provides sound arguments against the dominant picture theory of mental imagery. However, we claim that mental imagery is intrinsically dynamic and that the very nature of mental imagery will not be uncovered by studying static pictures. Understanding mental imagery of motor actions reveals that any theory of mental imagery should start off with the temporal nature of real-life experiences.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 208 - 209
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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