AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF IMAGERY AND ITS RELATION TO ABILITIES AND INTERESTS

Student subjects were assessed for four main types of imagery employed in carrying out short mental tasks, on the basis of their introspections. Some relation was found between these categories and regularity‐irregularity of respiration, as claimed by Golla and Short; but no consistent relation was found with ordinary questionnaire self‐reports nor with some of the alleged tests of imagery. There was slight confirmation only of the supposed relevance of visual imagery to spatial ability. However, a number of associations at moderate to high levels of significance were found with (self‐rating) tests of interests in different fields, and to a lesser extent with information about these fields.