The idea of imagination: An analysis of "imagery"

Advances in Mind-Body Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 4-10

  Menzies, Victoria ^a   Taylor, Ann Gill ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept analysis; Imagery; Imagination; Mental; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4344599132     PISSN: 07419783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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