María José Pérez-Fabello- Doctor of Psychology
- Professor at University of Vigo
María José Pérez-Fabello
- Doctor of Psychology
- Professor at University of Vigo
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This study focused on the field of imagination and creativity in the classroom by proposing a creative learning experience to a group of 92 fine arts students. Following a theoretical reflection on strategies of unpredictability in artistic creation, participants were asked to develop an artistic project in which chance intervened at some point in...
Autor de contacto: Alfredo Campos. Alfredo.campos@usc.es Resumen La posibilidad de formar imágenes mentales es una herramienta muy útil para todos los procesos cognitivos, y está relacionada con las habilidades de muchas profesiones laborales y deportivas; sin embargo, existen personas que carecen de esa habilidad, se denominan "afantásicas". En es...
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La mayoría de las personas pueden crear una imagen mental. Sin embargo, la claridad y solidez de las imágenes mentales visuales varía de persona a persona. Algunas personas, llamadas superfantásicas, experimentan una viveza casi similar a la percepción, mientras que, al otro lado del extremo, las personas con afantasía tienen muchas dificul...
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Muchos estudios afirman que los mapas más fáciles de comprender proporcionan más seguridad a las personas que los utilizan que los mapas más difíciles de comprender. En esta investigación deseábamos saber si los mapas que son más fáciles de comprender también dan más seguridad. También deseábamos saber si la habilidad de las personas para l...
The purpose of this study was to establish whether wing length and the ability to form spatial mental images and vivid images affected optical illusions obtained in the Müller-Lyer figures, both real and imagined. The study involved a group of 137 fine arts college students who were shown two forms of the Müller-Lyer figures with different wing len...
The study of artistic works requires an educated vision, a certain way of looking that unveils potential relations amongst objects. Fine art students develop skills that are resultant of their training in finding possible connections amongst elements in a painting. One of the abilities related to the observation and analysis of a work of art is the...
Previous studies have pointed to a link between visual perception and mental imagery. The present experiment focuses on one of the best-known illusions, the Müller-Lyer illusion, now reproduced under conditions of real perception and by means of imagery. To that purpose, a tailored ad-hoc set of combined figures was presented to a total of 161 fine...
Non-pathological dissociative experiences are common among the general population, and anyone may experience them to some degree. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the degree of dissociative experiences such as fantasy proneness, imagination, and absorption in fne arts undergraduates prior to beginning their artistic studies, and at the end...
In order to study spatial knowledge in fine arts students, an experiment was conducted in which 83
second-year students (64 women) had to perform an image rotation test (MRT), an ad hoc site plan
recognition test, a questionnaire on space names and a questionnaire on space location. The study
involved two floor plans of the building of the Facul...
The aim of this study was to show how colour and image control influenced pleasantness and emotionality aroused by 10 paintings. To do so, we used 100 second-year fine art students. The participants were randomly divided into two groups, one group was given 10 colour photographs of the paintings and the other group the same black and white photogra...
La orientación espacial tiene una gran importancia en nuestras vidas para poder
desplazarnos. En esta investigación se efectuó una búsqueda de los test sobre orientación espacial que se han publicado en todo el mundo desde el año 2010 hasta el año 2020. La búsqueda se efectuó en dos bases de datos: PsycInfo y Medline. En la base de datos PsycInfo s...
Partiendo de un modelo de procesamiento de la información tridimensional que distingue entre imagen de objeto, imagen espacial, y representación verbal, se pretende conocer cómo se relaciona el estilo cognitivo con el rendimiento académico en distintos ámbitos del conocimiento. Un total de 251 estudiantes universitarios (España) (M = 21.16 años, SD...
In this study, the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Exercise Imagery Questionnaire (EIQ) were evaluated in a sample of 166 first-year undergraduates of a Bachelor's degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, 127 men, and 39 woman; Mage = 20.57, SD = 2.24. Participants exercised at least 4 times a week. Moreover, the Spani...
In this study, the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Exercise Imagery Questionnaire (EIQ) were evaluated in a sample of 166 first-year undergraduates of a Bachelor's degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, 127 men, and 39 woman; Mage = 20.57, SD = 2.24. Participants exercised at least 4 times a week. Moreover, the Spani...
La imaginación constituye una base importante de la vida psíquica, actúa como soporte del pensamiento e interviene en los procesos de conocimiento. Una de las características más interesantes de la imaginación es su capacidad evocadora que permite al individuo liberarse del entorno inmediato del mundo físico y construir un mundo interior distanciad...
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The current interest in mental imagery in fields such as sport and physical training, health, education, underscore the need for designing general measures of imagery vividness that include different sensorial modalities such as the Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire (Psi-Q; Andrade et al., 2014). The Psi-Q measures imagery vividness...
Este estudio pretendía conocer el tipo de procesamiento de los estudiantes de grado de ciencias de la actividad física y del deporte, y compararlo con el tipo de procesamiento de los estudiantes de grado de psicología
En nuestra investigación deseábamos saber si la capacidad de imagen espacial y la capacidad de rotar imágenes influían en la representación espacial, y en el recuerdo verbal de instrucciones de orientación espacial.
En nuestra investigación deseábamos saber si la viveza de imagen y el control de imagen influían en la representación espacial, y en el recuerdo verbal de instrucciones de orientación espacial.
How do students of Fine Arts, Psychology and Engineering visualize objects mentally? To address
this basic but important educational question, the students’ ability to process figure-ground and
spatial imagery was compared using the Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire
(OSIVQ), the Mental Rotation Test (MRT), and the Measure of the Abili...
Los paneles de información turística son fundamentales para facilitar los desplazamientos por la ciudad, y permiten mejorar el conocimiento de la misma, tanto a visitantes como a sus ciudadanos. El diseño de estos paneles, además de preocuparse por la calidad estética, debe contemplar una serie de conceptos que facilitan su comprensión y afectan a...
The results of research on gender differences in image rotation appear to be fairly consistent, but little is known of the differences in image rotation between individuals from different professions. The aim of this study was to examine differences in gender and differences in the type of undergraduate studies in relation to the number of correct...
The relationship between dissociation and auditory imagery were assessed, 2 variables that sometime influence on artistic creativity. A total of 170 fine arts undergraduates (94 women and 76 men) received 2 dissociation questionnaires—the Dissociative Ability Scale (DAS), and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)—and 2 auditory imagery questionn...
Everybody has dissociative ability to some extent, though this may vary from one individual to another. Several tests have been designed to measure dissociative ability, such as the Dissociative Ability Scale (Fisher, Johnson, & Elkins, 2013). Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of this test...
The aim of this study was to examine the type of cognitive style of Fine Art students, and assess the weight of cognitive style in artistic production. A three-dimensional model of cognitive style that distinguishes between object imagery, spatial imagery, and verbal processing was used. The sample consisted of 125 Fine Art students (65 women and 6...
This study assessed significant differences in the types of mental imagery used by participants practicing sports (indoor football and basketball) or undertaking physical activity (pilates and ballroom dancing). The selected sample of 200 women (50 practicing pilates, 50 ballroom, 50 indoor football, and 50 basketball) was administered the Spanish...
El objetivo del estudio era averiguar si el genero de los individuos y los anos de permanencia en una ciudad influyen en el conocimiento de la misma. Para ello, se selecciono un grupo de 119 estudiantes de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la ciudad de Pontevedra. El resultado del estudio pone de manifiesto que el genero de los participantes no influy...
This study was developed during the course of the teaching of the subject of Psychology of Art in Fine Arts degree (second year of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Vigo). The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between different variables metamemory (Ease of Learning, Judgment of Learning and Confidence Level) during th...
El objeto de este estudio es averiguar cual es el nivel de conocimiento que los alumnos de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Pontevedra tienen de las calles del centro historico de la ciudad. Se selecciono un grupo de 119 estudiantes, a los que se presento un mapa de la ciudad en el que se senalan los nombres de las calles, excepto 20 que, en lugar de...
The aim of this study was to examine the associations of control and vividness of mental
imagery on performance in several components of in-depth drawing in a sample of
fine arts undergraduates. The sample consisted of 56 second-year undergraduates
(44 women and 12 men, mean age¼21.18 years) from the Fine Arts Faculty of Vigo
University, Pontevedra...
The efficacy of keyword mnemonics in the learning of the non-dominant language in bilingual students was assessed. Of a total of 237 Compulsory Secondary Education students who participated in the study, 102 students used keyword mnemonics and 100 students used the rote method to learn the Spanish meaning of a list of 20 Galician words (the remaini...
Few tests have been designed to measure auditory imagery. This study assessed the factor structure and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the Clarity of Auditory Imagery Scale (CAIS). Participants were 234 undergraduate students (M age = 19.6 yr.). Internal consistency reliability estimated by Cronbach's alpha was .82. In a principal co...
The study of dissociative experiences has witnessed significant advancements since the publication of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) for the assessment of dissociation. The DES, a self-report instrument, is one of the most extensively used scales and has become fertile ground for research in clinical and nonclinical populations. The high...
The current research was designed to assess the influence of dissociative experiences and creative imagination on the artistic production of Fine Arts students of the University of Vigo (Spain). The sample consisted of 81 students who were administered the Creative Imagination Scale and The Dissociative Experiences Scale. To measure artistic produc...
The reliability and factor structure of the Spanish version of the Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (OSIVQ) were assessed in a sample of 213 Spanish university graduates. The questionnaire measures three types of processing preferences (verbal, object imagery, and spatial imagery). Principal components analysis with varimax rotation...
The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of word image vividness on the immediate and long-term recall (one-day interval) of words using either the rote repetition learning method or the keyword mnemonics method in a sample of adults aged 55 to 70 years. Subjects learned a list of concrete and abstract words using either rote repeti...
Studies on creative personality have revealed that the relationship between personality and creativity remains unclear, and various types of creative thinking have been have been associated with various personality traits. To assess the influence of dissociative experiences on creativity in the context of fine arts education, in which the creative...
Two experiments were used to assess the efficacy of the keyword mnemonic method in adults. In Experiment 1, immediate and delayed recall (at a one-day interval) were assessed by comparing the results obtained by a group of adults using the keyword mnemonic method in contrast to a group using the repetition method. The mean age of the sample under s...
La mnemotecnia de la palabra clave se encuentra con muchas limitaciones, una de ellas es su aplicación a personas mayores. A través de dos experimentos, intentamos conocer la influencia de la estrategia de la palabra clave, de la capacidad de control de imagen, y del momento de recuerdo de palabras altas y bajas en viveza de imagen, en el recuerdo...
In this study, reliability and construct validity of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) and of a revised version, the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire-2 (VVIQ–2) were assessed with a total of 279 undergraduate psychology students who were also administered other measures of imagery. Cronbach α reliabilities for both the V...
The influence of image strategy type (no mental imagery, normal imagery, bizarre imagery, or mixed imagery) on the learning of sentences and repetition learning were evaluated at three times intervals (immediate, after one day, and after one week). A total of 234 subjects (mean age, 14.15 years) were randomly assigned to one of four experimental gr...
RESUMEN Desde hace siglos se utilizan las imáge-nes raras como ayuda a la memoria, sin embargo, se sigue estudiando en qué condi-ciones es efectiva. Se ha demostrado que es eficaz cuando se cumplen varias condicio-nes: recuerdo libre inmediato, listas mixtas, y aprendizaje incidental. En este trabajo deseábamos investigar la eficacia de las imá-gen...
En nuestra investigación deseábamos saber si la experiencia en la utilización de imágenes mentales y el tipo de imagen utilizada: sin imagen, imagen normal, imagen rara, e imagen mixta, influía en el recuerdo inmediato, al cabo de un día y de una semana. Para ello seleccionamos a 198 sujetos, con una media de edad de 14.4 años, y los distribuimos,...
The present study investigated whether the length of time subjects are allowed for image formation in image-aided word-memorization protocols influences recall. To this end, we selected 363 high-school students who were presented with a list of 24 words to be learned by the rote method, an image-aided method with normal image, or an image-aided met...
RESUMEN Desde hace siglos se utilizan las imágenes raras como ayuda a la memoria, sin embargo, se sigue estudiando en qué condiciones es efectiva. En esta investigación analizamos la influencia de la estrategia de imagen (sin ima-gen, imagen normal, imagen rara e imagen mixta) y del reaprendizaje en el estudio de oraciones, en tres intervalos de ti...
Imaging is a component of fundamental cognitive processes employed in a variety of cognitive activities. In particular, imaging is of special relevance to artistic skills. As part of our research on the relationships between mental images and the plastic arts, the influence of the imaging capacity in the visual art skills was investigated. Seventy-...
Artistic creation often involves the use of mental images. This investigation examined the influence of training in artistic skills on mental imaging capacity in a sample of 126 subjects aged between 18 and 23 years. First- and 5th-year fine arts students were compared with regard to their performance in 2 imaging capacity tests (the Visual Elabora...
This study investigated relationships between visual imaging abilities (imaging capacity and imagery control) and academic performance in 146 Fine Arts students (31 men, 115 women). Mean age was 22.3 yr. (SD= 1.9; range 20-26 yr.). All of the participants who volunteered for the experiment regularly attended classes and were first, second, or third...
This study investigated relationships between visual imaging abilities (imaging capacity and imagery control) and academic performance in 146 Fine Arts students (31 men, 115 women). Mean age was 22.3 yr. (SD = 1.9; range 20–26 yr.). All of the participants who volunteered for the experiment regularly attended classes and were first, second, or thir...
The present study aimed to investigate the possible influences of age and imaging control capacity on word recognition accuracy (i.e., accuracy of identification of words presented previously), and level of confidence in the correctness of answers. A total of 129 subjects aged 20-40 years (n = 49), 41-60 years (n = 40), or over 60 years (n = 40), a...
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of experience in mental imagery, imagery type (normal, bizarre, or mixed), and the repetition of mental imagery formation on imagery vividness. Two experiments were carried out: Experiment 1 consisted of a sample of 152 Spanish compulsory secondary education students who were shown a list of 16 simple...
En este estudio, siguiendo la línea de trabajos previos, nos planteamos si existe relación entre algunos criterios de creatividad y el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de Bellas Artes. Partimos de la premisa de que la creatividad es una competencia destacada en el desarrollo profesional del artista. Para ello, seleccionamos una muestra de e...
[Abstract] The effects of different image types: normal, bizarre, or mixed imagery on immediate, after a day, and one week, in high vivid imagery subjects were investigated. A sample of 175 Spanish Secondary Compulsory Education [Educación Secundaria Obligatoria] students (90 men and 85 women) were shown 16 simple sentences in order to memorize lex...
The present study investigated the effects of time allowed for image formation (10, 20 or 40 sec) on the vividness and interactivity of the images formed. Subjects were required to form either normal or bizarre images. The data analysis considered first the whole sample (n = 691 high-school students), and then only subjects who showed good complian...
Sheehan's shortened form of Betts' Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery is one of the most widely used inventories for measuring imaging. Participants were 562 undergraduate students (414 women and 148 men), with a mean age of 20.2 yr. In a principal components analysis followed by varimax orthogonal rotation for the Spanish version, eight factors wer...
This study investigated possible gender and age differences in measured and self-perceived imaging capacity. Three groups of male and female university graduates (aged 20–40, 41–60, and over 60 years) completed a performance-based test of mental image rotation, and a questionnaire of image control capacity. Significant gender and age differences we...
We examined the factor structure and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control, as well as the correlations with scores on the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire and the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire, for a sample of 479 undergraduates. Principal components analysis, followed by varimax or...
Las estrategias mnemotécnicas basadas en las imágenes mentales son un buen instrumento para todo tipo de aprendizaje, sobre todo para el aprendizaje de palabras. Para el aprendizaje de palabras se recomienda utilizar imágenes raras, sin embargo, los estudios experimentales no son taxativos en relación con la eficacia de las imágenes raras. En esta...
Relationships between frequency of computer use or ability to use the computer effectively with the tendency to construct and process visual mental images were investigated by administering a computer-use questionnaire and a visualization questionnaire to a sample of 185 Italian and Spanish undergraduates. Analysis did not support associations betw...
Relationships between frequency of computer use or ability to use the computer effectively with the tendency to construct and process visual mental images were investigated by administering a computer-use questionnaire and a visualization questionnaire to a sample of 185 Italian and Spanish undergraduates. Analysis did not support associations betw...
En esta investigación se deseaba averiguar qué peso tienen las imágenes mentales en el rendimiento académico. Interesaba ver la relación de diferentes tests de rendimiento en imagen con las calificaciones académicas. Se aplicó a una amplia muestra de estudiantes universitarios un cuestionario de imagen, el "Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire...
Se estudia la regla mnemotécnica de las asociaciones de imágenes mnemónicas. Esta regla mnemotécnica se utiliza en la imaginería visual para asociar los elementos que deben ser recordados. Se ha comprobado que la efectividad del recuerdo, en las asociaciones con imágenes, depende de la interacción, la viveza la extrañeza de las imágenes. Además, te...
Se intentaba averiguar si el nivel de rendimiento deportivo influía en la viveza de imagen. Una muestra de 61 mujeres, practicantes de gimnasia rítmica, fueron clasificadas en tres grupos, en función de su rendimiento. Posteriormente, cubrieron un test de viveza de imagen, y dos cuestionarios de viveza de imagen del movimiento. Las gimnastas de niv...
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the capacity to form mental images influences the frequency with which subjects use mental images. Two tests measuring capacity for mental imagery were given to 283 undergraduates, a self-assessment and a performance test. Frequency of spontaneous use of mental imagery was also measured. Subjects wit...
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the capacity to form mental images influences the frequency with which subjects use mental images. Two tests measuring capacity for mental imagery were given to 283 undergraduates, a self-assessment and a performance test. Frequency of spontaneous use of mental imagery was also measured. Subjects wit...
This study investigated the relationships between visual and haptic imagery of movement. A total of 338 subjects, all university students aged between 18 and 26 years, completed the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire, which evaluates capacity for visual imaging, and a modification of this questionnaire, the Vividness of Haptic Movement Ima...
Subjects compliance with instructions was evaluated in tests of the efficacy of normal or bizarre imagery as memory aids. High-school students (total sample size = 500) were presented with lists of thirty-two word pairs, and instructed to form normal or bizarre images as aids to remembering the words in each pair. Subjects also completed a question...
Relationships between imagery and creative thinking were evaluated in a sample of 560 high school students. The Spatial Test of Primary Mental Abilities (Thurstone & Thurstone, 1989) was used to evaluate imaging ability; the Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control (Richardson, 1969) was used to evaluate image control; and the Torrance Tests of Creati...
In the present study, four experiments were performed to investigate the effects of a) type of image used (bizarreness and interaction), b) vividness of the images evoked, and c) the subject`s imaging abililty on recall of word pairs. Experiments were carried out with both short (16-pair) and long (32-pair) lists; in each list, half of the word pai...
In two experiments, we investigated the influence of the type of image used by subjects, interaction between-images, imagery vividness, subjects image- forming capacity and time lapse for recall of matched pairs of words. New variables that were not included in previous research have been considered and a strict methodological control has been ensu...
Estudiamos la influencia del tipo de imagen (normal o rara), de la interacción entre ellas, y de la capacidad de formar imágenes en la viveza de imagen de pares asociados. Los Análisis de Varianza (ANOVAs) indicaron que las imágenes extrañas no resultaron más vivas que las imágenes normales cuando se utilizaron listas largas (32 pares), y cuando se...
Estudiamos el peso que las imágenes mentales y diferentes medidas de creatividad tienen en el rendimiento académico. Utilizamos una muestra de 193 estudiantes de Bellas Artes, a los que aplicamos el test Dominó D-48, el Gordon Test of Visual Imagery Control, y la forma figural A de los Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Los sujetos fueron dividid...
We performed experiments in which subjects were exposed to pairs of words and asked to visualize interactive images as an aid to recall. Some subjects were asked to form normal interactive images and others to form bizarre interactive images. Our aim was to investigate the extent to which 1) the types of image generated by the subject (normal or bi...
To examine the factor structure of the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire and the Visual Elaboration Scale measure, in Study I the former test was given to 133 psychology students and in Study II the latter test to 147 students. Principal components factor analysis yielded one factor for the former and five factors on the latter. The Visua...
We studied the relation between vividness of imagery and four aspects of creativity, fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. We studied too the difference in creativity of high and low imagers. We obtained for 122 children (69 boys and 53 girls) significant, but low correlations, between imagery vividness and creativity for girls (fluen...
We studied the relation between the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire and other measures of vividness of image, absorption of image, and effort required to form a mental image. Results for 51 men and 82 women indicate that vividness of movement imagery is associated with some, but not other, measures of imagery ability for college student...
We studied the correlation of one measure of imagery ability, the Visual Elaboration Scale, with two others, absorption of image and effort required to form a mental image. Significant correlations were obtained between the Visual Elaboration Scale and the other scales, with the exception of Absorption for women.
A través de dos experimentos intentamos averiguar la efectividad de la mnemotecnia de la palabra clave en personas adultas. En el Experimento 1 miramos si el recuerdo, inmediato y al cabo de un día, es superior en el grupo que utilizó la mnemotecnia de la palabra clave o en el grupo que utilizó el método de repetición. El grupo de personas que part...
