Core term · Gordon H. Bower

Mental Imagery

Using internal images to represent and rehearse information or experience.

Areas of life
Learningsportsanxietycreativity

Why it matters

Imagery can support memory, emotion and planning.

How to handle it

Use vivid mental rehearsal for goals, coping and skill practice.

Who shaped this idea

The thinker behind it

From concept to practice

Turn Mental Imagery into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.