Teenagers have been by far the fastest-growing problem demographic when it comes to mental health. Some of the reasons for this are not too hard to discern (COVID-19, social media), but the extent of ...

For adolescents who may get stuck in negative thought spirals, refocusing on mental imagery is a more effective distraction than verbal thoughts. For adolescents who may get stuck in negative thought ...

Food cravings are complex phenomena that involve intricate interactions between cognitive, emotional and sensory processes. Central to current understandings is the role of mental imagery in both the ...

Imagine you are in a soccer match, and it’s tied. Each team will begin taking penalty kicks. The crowd is roaring, and whether or not your team wins the game depends on your ability to hit the shot.

Ever been told: it’s all in your head? Well, a new study by Glasgow University has found that, actually, it is. Researchers discovered that by imagining yourself lifting heavy weight, you can make ...

If you do anything to work on the mental side of your sport, it better be mental imagery. Why, you ask? Because there is no more powerful mental tool than mental imagery and it can have a huge impact ...

A motivational intervention known as functional imagery training (FIT) can help self-professed non-runners to complete an ultra-marathon (50km plus), according to new research. A motivational ...

Medical University of South Carolina researchers report in Current Biology that the brain uses similar visual areas for mental imagery and vision, but it uses low-level visual areas less precisely ...

" Our test, called the Imagination Perception Battery (BIP), is designed to assess the link between perception and mental imagery through the different visual qualities that enable a scene to be ...

Two years ago, Sarah Shomstein realized she didn’t have a mind’s eye. The vision scientist was sitting in a seminar room, listening to a scientific talk, when the presenter asked the audience to ...

A runway model has staged a protest at Gucci’s Spring/Summer 2020 show at Milan Fashion Week, describing the fashion house’s decision to “use the imagery of straight jackets and outfits alluding to ...