title: Visual imagery: joining images to create new shapes of varying complexity.
abstract: 36 volunteers were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions following successful completion of a custom designed vividness of imagery pretest. They were timed on the task of completing a visual image created by joining together visual shapes functioning like "puzzle pieces." A significant linear relationship between difficulty and time to perform operations was found; men and women performed similarly.
authors.affiliation: Kent State University, Ohio 44242-9811.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Lelless
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: McLoughlin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003405:Creativity; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011597:Psychomotor Performance