Concepts, Results, and Applications

I. Concepts of Imagery.- The Central Place of Imagery in Human Functioning.- Imaginative Play as the Precursor of Adult Imagery and Fantasy.- Developmental Aspects of Mental Imagery: A Theory of Thematic Dissonance.- Life-Sustaining Systems and Consciousness.- A Philosophical Critique of Piaget's View of Images as Interiorized Actions.- Images, Propositions, and Natural Signs.- II. Measurement of Imagery.- Imagery Measurement in Clinical Settings: Matching the Method to the Question.- Imagery Assessment through Content Analysis.- III. Hypnosis and Imagery.- Hypnotic Responding: Automatic Dissociation or Situation-Relevant Cognizing?.- Vivid Fantasy and Hallucinatory Abilities in the Life Histories of Excellent Hypnotic Subjects ("Somnambules"): Preliminary Report with Female Subjects.- IV. Synaesthesia.- A Comparison of Synesthetes and Nonsynesthetes.- Chromesthetic Responses to the Music of G. F. Handel.- V. Imagery and Cognitive Processes.- Brain Hemisphericity and Response to the Imaginal Processes Inventory.- Imagery, Incubation, and Right Hemispheric Learning Style as Related to Divergent Thinking.- The Interactive Effects of Imagery Learning Strategy and Originality on Learning and Long-Term Retention.- Mental Imagery and Creativity.- Self-Consciousness as a Component and Correlate of Focusing Ability.- Mental Imagery: A Memory Aid for the Older Adult?.- Training Spatial Ability.- VI. Imagery and Clinical Treatment.- A Multiple Component Model of Clinical Imagery.- The Role of Mental Events in Behavior Therapy.- The Psychologist's Imagination and Sexual Imagery.- Using Death Imagery to Induce Proper Grieving: An Emotive-Reconstructive Approach.- Interpersonal Conflict and Mental Imagery.- The Application of Humorous Imagery Situations in Psychotherapy: Case Illustrations.- Covert Modeling in the Context of Storytelling: Observational Learning in Therapy with Children.- Kinetic Imagery in Movement Psychotherapy.- Bridging through Imagery: An Integration of the Selves through Art Therapy, a Visual Dialogue.- An Art Therapy Approach to the Drug Abuser, Correlating Behavioral, Narcissistic, and Laterality Theory.- Contributors.