title: Visual imagery and written language.
abstract: The importance of visual imagery in optometric diagnosis and therapy is discussed, stressing its relationship to the auditory-verbal system and its effect on reading and spelling. Techniques are presented to aid in determining visual imagery capability as well as in aiding the patient to utilize this ability for analytical-verbal tasks.
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007802:Language; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008568:Memory; D011932:Reading; D014796:Visual Perception; D014956:Writing