Abstract
This study investigated the object-spatial imagery types found among Japanese college students. First, we examined the descriptive statistics of the Japanese version of the Object-Spatial Imagery Questionnaire object-spatial imagery scales, which measure respondents’ tendencies with respect to object-spatial imagery types. Although the means of these subscales were lower than those of the original versions, the raw score distributions and gender differences were similar to those obtained using the original version. Additionally, we compared imagery types among students in seven different academic departments. Specifically, the results showed specific patterns of imagery type among students in each department, indicating that the object-spatial imagery type model is applicable to Japanese college students and that individual imagery type data would be helpful for career guidance.
Highlights
Cognitive neuroscience and behavior research have demonstrated that visual imagery processing comprises two processes: object and spatial imagery processing (Farah, Hammond, Levine, & Calvanio, 1998; Kosslyn, 1994; Levine, Warach, & Farah, 1985; Ungerleider & Mishkin, 1982)
Spatial imagery processing is activated when participants process object location, movement, spatial relations, and transformations; this type of processing is linked to the dorsal system
We used the Japanese version of the Object-Spatial Imagery Questionnaire (OSIQ) (J-OSIQ), which was translated from the original version into Japanese by Kawahara and Matsuoka (2012)
Summary
Cognitive neuroscience and behavior research have demonstrated that visual imagery processing comprises two processes: object and spatial imagery processing (Farah, Hammond, Levine, & Calvanio, 1998; Kosslyn, 1994; Levine, Warach, & Farah, 1985; Ungerleider & Mishkin, 1982). Spatial imagery processing is activated when participants process object location, movement, spatial relations, and transformations; this type of processing is linked to the dorsal system. The research group of Kozhevnikov (Blajenkova, Kozhevnikov, & Motes, 2006; Blazhenkova & Kozhevnikov, 2010; Kozhevnikov, Kosslyn, & Shephard, 2005; Kozhevnikov, Blazhenkova, & Becker, 2010) proposed a new model of cognitive style (object-spatial imagery style) for preferences with respect to visual imagery This new cognitive style model divides people into object imagers and spatial imagers. Spatial imagers tend to use imagery to represent object locations and movement and spatial relations among objects; they have an advantage on spatial imagery tests (e.g., the Mental Rotation Test [MRT])
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