TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual differences of visual imagery ability in the benefit of a survival judgment task
AU - Nouchi, Rui
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PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - This study investigated whether or not visual imagery ability affected the benefit of a survival judgment task. Based on the median split of their VVIQ score, 92 undergraduate students were classified as either high imagers (n=46) or low imagers (n=46). In the survival task, participants were requested to judge whether an item presented in the form of two Chinese characters was necessary or not in a survival situation. In the image judgment task, participants were requested to judge whether an item presented in the form of two Chinese characters arouses mental images or not. Participants were presented 18 concrete nouns at 4s intervals in each condition. In both the survival judgment and the image judgment tasks, high imagers recalled more words than low imagers did. This result showed that imagery ability influenced the benefit of the survival judgment task. These results were discussed from the functional perspective of memory. Finally, we proposed the combination hypothesis, which combined elaboration and functional perspectives to explain the benefit of the survival judgment task.
AB - This study investigated whether or not visual imagery ability affected the benefit of a survival judgment task. Based on the median split of their VVIQ score, 92 undergraduate students were classified as either high imagers (n=46) or low imagers (n=46). In the survival task, participants were requested to judge whether an item presented in the form of two Chinese characters was necessary or not in a survival situation. In the image judgment task, participants were requested to judge whether an item presented in the form of two Chinese characters arouses mental images or not. Participants were presented 18 concrete nouns at 4s intervals in each condition. In both the survival judgment and the image judgment tasks, high imagers recalled more words than low imagers did. This result showed that imagery ability influenced the benefit of the survival judgment task. These results were discussed from the functional perspective of memory. Finally, we proposed the combination hypothesis, which combined elaboration and functional perspectives to explain the benefit of the survival judgment task.
KW - Adaptive memory
KW - Imagery ability
KW - Survival judgment task
KW - Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00479.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00479.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052201348
VL - 53
SP - 319
EP - 326
JO - Japanese Psychological Research
JF - Japanese Psychological Research
SN - 0021-5368
IS - 3
ER -