Individual differences in reported visual imagery and memory performance

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ID5269201
AuthorsStuart J Mckelvie (0000-0001-7288-7892, Bishop's University, corresponding author), Elizabeth G Demers (Bishop's University)
Year1979
Volume70
Issue1
Pages51-57
Publication date1979-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1979.tb02142.x
PMID486866
OpenAlexW2044503923
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Seventy high school students completed the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ). Two months 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 three kinds of item in short-term recall, whereas they were only superior on the concrete words and pictures in long-term recall. Finally, both groups performed equally well on a subsequent recognition test. The results were interpreted as providing support for the validity of the VVIQ

Cognitive psychology · Recall · Variance (accounting) · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology

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