REPORTS OF MENTAL-IMAGERY IN RETRIEVAL FROM LONG-TERM-MEMORY

Phenomenal reports were obtained immediately after participants retrie ved information from long-term memory. Data were gathered for six basi c forms of memory (semantic, generic perceptual, recollective, motor s kill, rote skill, cognitive skill) and for three forms of memory that asked for declarative information about procedural tasks (motor-declar ative, rote-declarative, cognitive-declarative). The data show consist ent reports of mental imagery during retrieval of information from the generic perceptual, recollective, motor-declarative, rote-declarative , and cognitive-declarative categories; much less imagery was reported for the semantic, motor, rote, and cognitive categories. Overall, the data provide support for the theoretical framework outlined in Brewer and Pani (1983). (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.