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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 123, No. 8

Articles | February 01, 1967

Visual Imagery and Cognitive Organization

MARDI J. HOROWITZ

Am J Psychiatry 1967;123:938-946.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California Medical School, and Research Psychiatrist, Mt. Zion Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94115

1966-67, American Psychiatric Association

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Pictorial cognition is one of many forms of thinking in nonverbal representations. The author describes the kinds of visual imagery and the circumstances of their occurrence and enhancement, and considers the relevant problems of reality testing, content, purpose, and sequential organization. He suggests that pictorial cognition is a developmentally more primitive system than verbal-conceptual thinking and has special psychologic utility as a carrier of affectively charged memories, ideas, and impulses.

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