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Table 2.
Visual Response
Maybe you may want to close your eyes and imagine a place where you liked to play when you were about ten year old (indoor or outdoor
place). Then, scan to portions of this place that initially were off your mental screen. Draw what you have just visually recalled as a series
of sketches, like a short storyline for animation.
objects, scanning and inspecting visual images.
Visual buffer has limited resolution and it fades
if not refreshed. The attention window selects a
region within the visual buffer for detailed further
processing. The size of the window in the visual
buffer can be altered and it can be shifted. People
can scan visual mental images even when their
eyes are closed (Table 2).
mental shortcuts for understanding various con-
cepts. Visual imagination refers to our ability
to create imaginary content using signs, icons,
symbols, metaphors, and analogies. We may say
imagination is the ability of the mind to combine
experiences, knowledge, ideas, and concepts into
one's own, insightful representation and visual
interpretation that supports creative activities.
Imagery - the image-making function of the
mind - is important for our perception: it makes
that sensations (sounds, shapes, colors or motions)
convey meaning. For example, the rustle of leafs
means danger for a small animal. Thus, images
and sounds become messages, and, in semiotic
terms, a distinction is made between a signal and
IMAGINATION
We'll focus now on visual imagination; that
means, our ability to create imaginary content
and our capacity to use such components as
 
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