![]() ![]() ![]() However, surprisingly few reviews have been conducted of these measures to date, and those which have been published tend to be limited to only one or two aspects of imagery ability. The experimental psychology literature on mental imagery is extensive and a considerable array of different measures have been reported to measure different abilities within the sphere of mental imagery ( Logie, 1995 Pearson, 2007 Pearson, De Beni, & Cornoldi, 2001). The main purpose of the present review is to provide a broad framework for clinical researchers from which they can select useful measures to assess the key domains of mental imagery in clinical psychology. We have argued that the exploration of mental imagery represents a new and important arena within clinical psychopathology ( Hackmann, Bennett-Levy, & Holmes, 2011 Hackmann & Holmes, 2004 Holmes & Mathews, 2010 Pearson, 2007, 2012). Such imagery has been shown to play a key role in various psychological disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ( Holmes, Grey, & Young, 2005), social phobia ( Hackmann, Clark, & McManus, 2000 Hirsch, Clark, & Mathews, 2006), prospective imagery in schizophrenia ( D'Argembeau, Raffard, & Van der Linden, 2008), and depression ( Patel et al., 2007). Mental imagery is the simulation or re-creation of perceptual experience ( Kosslyn, Ganis, & Thompson, 2001 Pearson, 2007) across sensory modalities. We propose that a greater understanding of the role of mental imagery in clinical disorders will help drive forward advances in both theory and treatment. The guiding framework aims to assist researchers in the selection of measures for assessing those aspects of mental imagery that are of most relevance to clinical psychology. ![]() We present a guiding framework in which we propose that cognitive, subjective and clinical aspects of imagery should be explored in future research. This includes a consideration of methods for experimentally assessing the generation, maintenance, inspection and transformation of mental images as well as subjective measures of characteristics such as image vividness and clarity. We adopt an interdisciplinary approach and present a review of studies across experimental psychology and clinical psychology in order to highlight the key domains and measures most likely to be of relevance. There is currently a lack of a guiding framework from which clinicians may select the domains or associated measures most likely to be of appropriate use in mental imagery research. Mental imagery is an under-explored field in clinical psychology research but presents a topic of potential interest and relevance across many clinical disorders, including social phobia, schizophrenia, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. ![]()
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