Imagery and Related Mnemonic Processes: Theories, Individual Differences, and Applications

Scientific work on mnemonics and imagery conducted in the 1960s and early 1970s was directed at testing enthusiastic claims of the efficacy of memory techniques developed by the ancient Greeks and further refined in the popular literature by "professional" mnemonists. The early research on imagery and mnemonics confirmed many of these claims and also illuminated the limitations of some techniques (e. g. , bizarre imagery). As such, these seminal studies clearly were valuable in providing a ...