Mental imagery has a long history in the science and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy
(CBT), stemming from both behavioural and cognitive traditions. The past decade or so has …

Preliminary evidence suggests mental imagery-based episodic simulation of planned
reward activities may amplify motivation and promote greater behavioural engagement …

Language is a marvelous tool for communication, but it is greatly overrated as a tool for
thought. This volume documents the many ways pictures, visual images, and spatial …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how a hotel virtual reality photography
(VRP) preview enhances customers' immediate booking intention compared to a picture …

It is unknown to what extent mental imagery and auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are
related. Trials evaluating this issue used both emotional and non‐emotional mental imagery …

Background Disease burden and unsatisfactory treatment outcomes call for innovation in
treatments of depression. Prospective mental imagery, ie future-directed voluntary imagery …

Goal-directed, intentional mental imagery generation supports a range of daily self-
regulatory activities, such as planning, decision-making, and recreational escapism. Many …

Exposure therapy is the recommended treatment for anxiety disorders, but many anxious
individuals are unwilling to expose themselves to feared situations. Episodic simulation of …

The aim of this research was to establish prevalence estimates for aphantasia,
hypophantasia, typical imagery ability, and hyperphantasia in a large multi-national cohort …

Abstract Objectives Compassion-based interventions (CBIs) are effective in promoting
mental health. However, the mechanisms through which CBIs produce these positive …