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Have you ever used visualization or imagery? by Kairol Rosenthal Patient Expert

... od. Still, I love hospital chaplains. In fact, if there were such a thing as God in my mind, he/she might appear to me in the form of a hospital chaplain.He got me to start visualizing what it was like to relax in bed with my husband. Yes, it sounded kinda trashy and weird coming from a minister, and freaked me out at first. But I realized that ... Read on »

VIsual and Motor Imagery- Separate and Together by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor

... athematical problem solving, and, well...you get the idea. Although the numbers are still low, we were intrigued to see so far that 31% of poll respondants solve problems by visual imagery, while 20% are words, 17% symbols, 11%, hands-on. Because for many problem solving is nonverbal process, it might tell us why it can be hard to teach to others. ... Read on »

Visual Thinking, Imagery, and the Brain by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor

Although "Visual Thinkers" seem to comprise a large group of learners, people often mean very different things by this term. For some, it means to taken in information visually, that is ... Read on »

Importance of Visual Spatial Imagery in Algebraic Word Problem Solving by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor

... s that instruction in pictorial representations helped solve word problems more easily, and that poor performances correlated with 'direct translation' strategies rather than visual imagery. There are other studies to support the importance of parietal imagery areas in verbal, tactile, and visual problems solving ( for instance, here and here ), b ... Read on »

Vivid Visual Thinkers - Blessings and Burdens by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor

... e susceptible to interference. When we test all sorts of individuals with vivid visual thinking, we can see that they can occur in all sorts of varieties - those with strong visual imagery and weak visual memory, or strong visual imagery and strong visual memory, adding to that, the variables of strong or weak spatial memory, and those with or wit ... Read on »

GUIDED IMAGERY Guided imagery (v... by Rev. Dr. Richard B. Patient Expert

GUIDED IMAGERYGuided imagery (visualization, dream interpretation, active imagination, imagery suggestion) can be used to elicit peak performance in individuals. Visualization of goals and achievements can ... Read on »

Visual Literacy by Sheryl N. Patient Expert

... ng system components. Visual literacy according to the Oakland Museum of CA is the ability to understand communications composed of visual images as well as being able to use visual imagery to communicate to others. Students become visually literate by the practice of visual encoding (expressing their thoughts and ideas in visual form) and visual d ... Read on »

Creativity for Non-Visual Thinkers, People with Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities, Aspergers etc. by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor

... ud shedding a shower of words." - L.S. Vygotsky Had an email last week from someone with a nonverbal learning disability - and he asked us a great question...that given that visual imagery seems to be so important in creative work, was there hope for NLDer's in the Conceptual Age? Of course! We apologize for not giving as much attention to non-vis ... Read on »

Using the Law of Attraction & Visualization to Heal? by Nicole M. Physical Therapist

... themselves sick, people become sick. We know for example there is a certain type of personality that tends to get heart attacks. If you can change the thinking pattern or the visual imagery to restore health, you become your own healer." Therefore, healing yourself comes under the natural laws of the universe, specifically, the law of vibration/la ... Read on »

Different Ways to Visualize and Visualization in Education by Drs. Fernettte & Brock E. Medical Doctor

... ith dyslexia and finger confusion. These different networks for imagery are helpful for understanding why paradoxes in individual people abound - how come he's such a strong 'visual learner' but he can't do origami or tie his shoes? Why is she so hypersensitive to touch and texture, but so nimble playing the violin? But as we learn more about visu ... Read on »