Imaginative Ability Research Articles

Brain-consistent architecture for imagination.

Imagination represents a pivotal capability of human intelligence. To develop human-like artificial intelligence, uncovering the computational architecture pertinent to imaginative capabilities through reverse engineering the brain's computational functions is essential. The existing Structure-Constrained Interface Decomposition (SCID) method, leverages the anatomical structure of the brain to extract computational architecture. However, its efficacy is limited to narrow brain regions, making it unsuitable for realizing the function of imagination, which involves diverse brain areas such as the neocortex, basal ganglia, thalamus, and hippocampus. In this study, we proposed the Function-Oriented SCID method, an advancement over the existing SCID method, comprising four steps designed for reverse engineering broader brain areas. This method was applied to the brain's imaginative capabilities to design a hypothetical computational architecture. The implementation began with defining the human imaginative ability that we aspire to simulate. Subsequently, six critical requirements necessary for actualizing the defined imagination were identified. Constraints were established considering the unique representational capacity and the singularity of the neocortex's modes, a distributed memory structure responsible for executing imaginative functions. In line with these constraints, we developed five distinct functions to fulfill the requirements. We allocated specific components for each function, followed by an architectural proposal aligning each component with a corresponding brain organ. In the proposed architecture, the distributed memory component, associated with the neocortex, realizes the representation and execution function; the imaginary zone maker component, associated with the claustrum, accomplishes the dynamic-zone partitioning function; the routing conductor component, linked with the complex of thalamus and basal ganglia, performs the manipulation function; the mode memory component, related to the specific agranular neocortical area executes the mode maintenance function; and the recorder component, affiliated with the hippocampal formation, handles the history management function. Thus, we have provided a fundamental cognitive architecture of the brain that comprehensively covers the brain's imaginative capacities.

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Features of the Formation of the Creative Imagination of Younger Schoolchildren Summary The article explores the stages of development of imagination, components of imagination, characteristics of imaginative abilities of primary school students, and issues such as the role of speech, attention, memory, and reading lessons in the development of imagination. Additionally, the article investigates the fundamental conditions that create opportunities for the development of creative imagination in students. Key words: Formation characteristics of creative imagination in primary school students

Mental Imagery and Attentional Style in Senior Mini-Football Players

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of mental imagery ability and attentional style in senior mini-football players and to identify mental behavioral patterns. The study included a number of 38 senior mini-football players, with an average age of 27.36 years, with a playing experience in the super league of 9.38 years. In the study, two standardized questionnaires were applied, one aimed at identifying the level of mental imagery called the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Mental Imaginative Abilities in Athletes (QMIA) with 16 items and one for identifying the attentional style with the aim of determining internal or external dimensions, called the Questionnaire for Assessment of the Attentional Style in Athletes (QASA) with 6 items, structured in two subscales A and B. The calculated reliability of the questionnaire: QMIA had the Cronbach's α value of 0.811 and QASA registered a good reliability evidenced by Cronbach's α of 0.765 for the entire questionnaire; the internal attentional subscale of 0.728, and for the external attentional subscale of 0.726. After analyzing the results, a good level of mental imagery was found that can be perfected, identifying four behavioral patterns. The attentional style highlighted an internal dimension, which highlighted 3 behavioral patterns. At the level of senior mini-football players, in addition to physical, technical and tactical training, psychological training plays an essential role. Cognitive abilities regarding mental imagery and attention are psychological foundations whose development contributes to obtaining significant sports performances in the mini-football game.

Exploring the Relationship Between Creativity and Narrative Writing Proficiency of Pakistani Undergraduate ESL Learners

The study aimed to explore the relationship between creativity and narrative writing proficiency level among ESL undergraduate learners of a public sector university in central Punjab, Pakistan. The study adopted a version of Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) as a framework. TTCT and IELTS written test rubrics were utilized for analyzing the data of 30 participants. The primary objective of the study was to measure the level of creativity exhibited in the narrative writing and its relationship with English proficiency. A significant positive relationship (r = .84) was found between creativity and narrative writing proficiency using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The results showed that the students who demonstrated higher level of creativity also exhibited stronger writing proficiency levels. To compare the results, a paired sample t-test was used to confirm, and it was found that there was a significant difference between the scores of writing test and creativity. The effect of gender was also investigated, and females outperformed male participants. The study emphasized the importance of fostering creativity in narrative writing instructions to improve writing abilities among ESL learners. The study suggested that educators and institutions should integrate creative writing exercises and techniques into language instructions, acknowledging the potential advantages of increasing students’ imaginative abilities to improve their language proficiency.

Enhancing Creative Imagination Ability in Early Childhood: A Study on Differential Learning Assisted with Loose Parts Media and Social Skills

Enhancing Creative Imagination Ability in Early Childhood: A Study on Differential Learning Assisted with Loose Parts Media and Social Skills

The Applicability of Design Thinking in the Tourism Sector, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

One of the most significant corporate trends nowadays is design thinking, which gives firms the ability to develop their strategic thinking capabilities in order to tackle difficult problems. The goals of design thinking are to transform enterprises, encourage imaginative abilities, pinpoint needs and opportunities, and provide fresh ideas and scenarios for the company. South Africa's economy can grow as much as is desired by including all of these aspects. Design thinking is a capability that may deliberately assist the South African tourism industry in attaining its aspirational goals of increasing visitor arrivals, accelerating job development, and unleashing entrepreneurial prospects across sub-sectors that are closely related to the tourism sector. Tourism industry stakeholders must be aware of the evolving consumer demands. Understanding whether design thinking might be applied to the tourism sector in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and whether doing so may be effective and advantageous for this sector, was the study's primary objective. Purposive sampling was used in this study's qualitative research approach. Eleven members of the tourism industry participated in a design thinking workshop, a focus group, and interviews in August and September 2021. The main conclusions showed that design thinking would be an effective technique to support improvements and innovation in the tourism sector, as all participants confirmed and agreed. The study's findings have led to various factors that can help design thinking improve tourism industry business. It is recommended that though design thinking can boost business in the tourism industry, a number of contributing factors must be properly implemented.

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Selft Regulated Learning terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif Siswa Kelas 3 Kok SAI Anusorn School Thailand

It is hoped that imaginative reasoning abilities can develop humans and overcome problems experienced in everyday life. Looking at the results of the investigation of Grade 3 KOK SAI Anusorn School Thailand students, the imaginative abilities of students in Thailand are generally very perfect. Low imaginative reasoning. Student capacity can be realized through a learning model where students are able to work based on students' innovative thinking. Self-Control Learning Model A learning model where students are given the opportunity so that some of the students' low innovative reasoning can be improved to face their own learning. This exam is expected to determine the impact of the Oneself Directed Picking learning model on the innovative reasoning skills of Class 3 students at KOK SAI Anusorn School Thailand. The number of grade 3 students at KOK SAI Anusorn School Thailand is increasing rapidly. The example is taken using a group irregular checking strategy to get class 3. The technique used is the test strategy and. The test results show that there is an influence of the Oneself Controlled Picking learning model on students' innovative reasoning abilities.

About the Sublime (Great) in Chernyshevsky’s Aesthetics

In the contemporary scholarly discourse, aesthetic views of Nickolay G. Chernyshevsky (1828–1889) usually are observed only in the framework of the analysis of his thesis “the beautiful is life”. According to the author’s view, this approach does not fully reconstruct the main senses of the aesthetic system of the thinker, that is why the arthor of the current article reconsiders them from the perspective of the sublime (great), the original understanding of which is given by the Russian thinker. Our key points of discrepancy with the previous aesthetic ‘prevailingׄ’ systems and the specific Chernyshevsky’s improvements are explicitly shown. The thesis about the levelling of the role of imagination ability is interpreted as a core characteristic of his aesthetics. The author resolves two historical and philosophical issues: which of the previous aesthetic systems were criticized by Chernyshevsky? On which tradition does the thinker based his theory? Giving answers to these particular questions, the author criticizes the Chernyshevsky’s argumentation, submitting a thesis that his original definition of the sublime (great) has only a formal similarity with the Kantian definition. By coming down the role of imagination to the reproduction Chernyshevsky necessarily comes to the notion of ‘great’, which is based on comparison with the nearby objects (phenomena) but not on the clash of the cognitive abilities of a human, the infinite with the finite.

Effect of Imagery Training on College Students’ Basketball Shooting Accuracy

Background and Aim: The difficulty in basketball shooting predominantly arises from a lack of adequate physical abilities, incomplete skill development, and a shortage of appropriate training. The objective of this research was to integrate meditation training and imagery training into the shooting training of the college men's basketball team at Xi'an Aviation College. Materials and Methods: In this research, the questionnaire survey method and experimental method were used. Three experts were invited to rate the shooting performance of 40 of China’s college basketball players, divided into 20 each in the experimental and control groups. In the experiment, the students' imaginative ability, self-confidence in shooting status, and scores of shooting performance were tested in the 1st, 4th, and 8th weeks, respectively, and then the results were compared and analyzed by T-test. Results: After 8 weeks of training, the technical movements and shooting hit rate of the experimental group were significantly higher than that of the control group; the performance of the experimental group and the control group both improved after the experiment, but the experimental group had a significant increase in shooting performance, imagination ability, and shooting status self-confidence, while the control group only had a significant increase in the total score of shooting performance. Conclusion: College students' shooting scores are affected by a variety of factors, and each student's learning needs and strengths are different, so the teaching program needs to be flexibly adapted to suit the needs of different students. These results showed that the integration of meditation training and imagery training can significantly improve college students' shooting performance more than traditional shooting training, as well as improve students' imagery ability and shooting self-confidence, which in turn improves the quality of shooting training.

Losing the Power to Say “I”: Problems of Perspective in the Fiction of Daniel Davis Wood

ABSTRACT Across the four novels Daniel Davis Wood has published to date, it is possible to delineate an evolving ethics of literary voice. His initial step in Blood and Bone is to subvert the third-person omniscient voice by drastically expanding the imaginative abilities of the first-person narrator, thus showing how the narrator must always speak through a subjective position. The second step involves examining the extent to which the narrator’s desire is not their own: the narrator of Unspeakable is portrayed as the victim of toxic narcissism and media manipulation, for instance, while the protagonist of At the Edge of the Solid World is so alienated from his own emotions that he relives the calamities of others to process his own tragedy. Despite possessing the quasi-omniscient powers of Blood and Bone, these two narrators, far from being godlike, are shown to be puppets of desires that are not their own. The outcome is the dissolution of the subjective “I” in In Ruins, in which the narrator comes to understand the Otherness that permeates human subjectivity. Moral failures are dissolved by the inability to say “I”, making the new ethical task bearing witness to the desire of the Other.

Application of teaching mode based on VR display and interaction

In the context of rapid social and economic development, traditional classroom teaching mode has been unable to meet the needs of educational guidance. In order to continuously expand students' thinking consciousness and imagination ability, and scientifically solve the problems of single teaching method and limited learning content in the past, the education field proposes to realize a teaching system based on VR display and interactive design. Actively cultivate students' ability of independent learning and independent thinking. Therefore, after understanding the teaching system architecture based on VR display and interaction, this paper deeply discusses the practical teaching model and evaluation system according to the application characteristics of the system, so as to clarify the direction and measures for the application of micro-R technology in the future education field.

Using imagination in response to stress and uncertainty in the time of COVID-19: further validation of the Fantastic Reality Ability Measurement (FRAME) Scale.

Fantastic reality ability (FRA) is defined as the capacity to use imagination in response to stress or trauma. With the emergence of COVID-19 and associated social restrictions, there has been an uptick in imagination use as a coping strategy. This has allowed us to further validate the Fantastic Reality Ability Measurement (FRAME) Scale at this time of stress and uncertainty. Initial exploratory factor analyses (EFA) suggested that FRAME responses are measured by four first-order factors. Using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), this study set out to confirm this finding and to ascertain if: First-order factors are correlated; or map onto a second or higher-order, fantastic reality ability latent construct. Also, FRAME responses are compared to established scales to demonstrate concurrent and discriminant validity. In accord with previous research and theory, CFA results indicate that each four factors (coping, control, transcendence, playfulness), contribute significantly to the measurement of a higher-order FRA latent construct (N = 437 Israeli adults). We also report robust correlations between FRAME and measures of resiliency and imagination abilities of complexity, directedness and frequency. Both adaptive and maladaptive applications of imagination use in relation to stress are discussed with focus on those who could foster resiliency. The FRAME enables one to briefly measure imagination use in response to stress and could serve as part of questionnaire batteries measuring individual differences and clinical research. Future research should assess the stability of this instrument across different populations over extended periods, specifically those at risk for trauma.

The Importance of Game-Based Learning in English Learning for Young Learners in the 21st Century

The game is an activity that is very popular with everyone, especially for young learners. Currently, many teachers have applied games into learning activities, and this method is called game-based learning. Game-based learning has many benefits and has an effect on teaching and learning activities. This study aimed to systematically review studies on game-based learning for elementary children in the 21st century learning in Indonesia. Literature analysis was carried out with a total of 7 journals analyzed in a systematic review. Based on research results, game-based learning has advantages in the teaching and learning process of English by making learning interesting, making it easier for young students to understand material such as vocabulary mastery and affecting students’ capacity to create imaginative abilities, basic considering and digital skills. In addition, game-based learning shows positive perceptions in learning by being able to increase students' motivation in learning English.

Survey on different Machine Learning Techniques for Student Improvement using Psychometric Data

Abstract: Student improvement aims in identifying student behavior traits and patterns using multiple psychometric tests followed by suggesting ways to improve areas of the subject’s interest along with overall psychological balance by continuous testing at constant intervals of time and suggesting the same. To identify the subject’s strengths, weaknesses, and behavioral interests, assessments are carried out on the principle of psychological assessments which aims to assess the students by making them imagine their reactions in various psychological situations. Each response to the question is evaluated with pre-decided scores. Psychometric tests are aimed at measuring a person’s traits, behavior, guidance, and placements/employment to match the person’s capabilities and features like cognitive ability, EQ, IQ, and the tendency to react to predefined situations. Psychometric tests have a huge role to play in the fields of career guidance and employability. These tests suggest your strengths, weaknesses, and imaginative abilities and hint if they suit the particular role. This paper provides a survey on different machine learning algorithms used over the years to recognize personality traits and learning styles which would further contribute to students’ overall improvement.

The Ups and Downs of Nahdlatul Ulama Relations with the Government of the Dutch East Indies 1926-1942

Nahdlatul Ulama as the largest community organization in Indonesia and has been established for a long time has experienced various ups and downs in each of its journeys. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the Ups and Downs of Nahdlatul Ulama's Relationship with the Dutch East Indies Government 1926-1942. This research is a literature study, where the sources of penetilitin come from old texts in the regions and Jakarta, sources in the regions rely more on the private collections of some kyai over the literature related to this research. Tracing sources located in Jakarta include the National Archives, the National Library, and LAKPESDAM NU. The stage of this research is the collection of information from all sources, criticisms and interpretations. The process of collecting information from the whole source (heuristics), selection of materials, criticism and subsequent interpretation is needed to carry out historical synthesis. Historical synthesis is the embodiment of the ability to think logically and the ability of a historian's historical imagination so that the characteristics of a certain model of historical work are visible. The results of this study show that there was a ups and downs in the relationship between Nahdlatul Ulama and the Dutch East Indies government, when the Dutch East Indies government implemented a Neutral Religion policy among traditionalist Islamists, there was not too much friction with the Dutch East Indies government because the government guaranteed that there was no interference in Islamic religious affairs, even the government formed a Raad Agama (Religious Court) and was led by a religious and expert ruler. Islam. Protests, non-cooperative resistance with the Dutch East Indies government began to be carried out by Nahdlatul Ulama when the practice of religiously neutral politics was violated by the government by making various ordinances that harmed Muslims. However, several times Nahdlatul Ulama still praised the muji of the Dutch East Indies government because several HBNO requests were granted by the government, such as the non-enactment of the rules for brides-to-be to be examined in Raad Agama, and the non-imposition of duties on the slaughter of sacrificial animals. However, at the end of the Dutch East Indies government, Nahdlatul Ulama really felt pro-Japanese

Designing and improving a virtual learning environment in geography education

The geography in K-12 education requires students' abilities of imagination and exploration. The traditional teaching methods fail to provide multiple dimensions of the geography learning experience for students. The transformation of information and communication technologies (ICT) brings more potential for geography learning. This proposal aims to explore design principles for a virtual geography learning environment based on real teaching situations. The researcher will identify the pedagogical, social, and technical design principles from literature, and the design-based research will be the potential methods to design the virtual learning environment. Samples are secondary school students, and the study will experience several rounds to improve the design.

MODERN AESTHETIC EDUCATION: CURRENT PROBLEMS AND MAIN TRENDS

The article discusses the main problems and trends in the development of modern aesthetic education in Russia. It is noted that Russian aesthetic education is currently undergoing a number of positive innovative transformations associated with the processes of strengthening the virtual component in artistic culture and the social sphere. A number of scientific events, such as international conferences and the Russian Aesthetic Congress, held over the past five years, have served as an active incentive for the development of theoretical and practical aesthetics and aesthetic education. The current trends of modern aesthetics are identified: neuroesthetics, cultural aesthetics, environmental aesthetics, somaesthetics and synesthetic area, which have a stimulating effect on the development of aesthetic education. The special role and prospects of using synesthetic methodologies in modern aesthetics and aesthetic education are indicated, since in the conditions of digitalization of culture, synesthesia as a phenomenon of nonverbal associative thinking becomes one of the main means of preserving the integrity of world perception, an important method of developing flexibility of thinking and the ability of imagination.

An Exploration on the Teaching Practice of "Preliminary Geometry" with NetPad——A Case Study of Class A, Grade 7, Fengtai Middle School, Beijing National Day School

In order to adapt to the development trend of education informatization, academician Zhang Jingzhong of the Chinese Academy of Sciences led his team to develop China's first professional mobile Internet dynamic mathematics software on the basis of Supersketchpad, named NetPad, which is mainly used to serve science teaching. This paper takes the students of Fengtai Middle School of Beijing National Day School as the experimental objects, and uses the research methods such as questionnaire survey and test to collect the main data of the research process. Two classes were randomly selected to participate in the teaching experiment. The research results show that the n NetPad assisted junior middle school mathematics "figures and geometry" teaching can better mobilize students' interest in mathematics, improve junior middle school students' understanding ability of plane geometry, develop their spatial imagination ability, exercise their thinking ability, master good learning methods, improve junior middle school mathematics "figure and geometry" problem solving ability, and achieve better grades and better learning results.

ASSESSING GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES AS COMPONENTS OF ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION

Professional institutions around the world equip students with attributes required for their specific professional field. There are different admission criteria including various psychological tests for examining the intelligence and aptitude of the prospective candidates. These psychological tests examine students for their behavioral, logical, spatial, semantic and mathematical reasoning skills. The examination of these aspects in these categories help the institutes in selection of suitable candidates. In India, students essentially need to undertake one of the two national-level entrance examinations – the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains - Paper 2 or the National Aptitude Test for Architecture (NATA). Architecture education prepares students globally, to face issues related to the built environment. Formal architecture education emerged as a creative field requiring abilities of imagination, three- dimensional visualization of different forms along with knowledge of aesthetics and technical expertise of different subjects like building sciences, construction, structures and verbal-graphical-communication skills essential for the stability and sustenance of the building design in the profession. The components of architecture education have been classified by eminent scholars in various stances as design, knowledge and skills. The current research deals with the process of firstly, the enquiry of the expected graduate attributes of students of architecture education. This is done by reviewing various documents of eminence, worldwide. The derived graduate attributes ensure the similarities and differences in architecture education globally. Secondly, the graduate attributes are coded as per the mentioned components of architecture education, as design, knowledge and skills. The two consecutive studies ascertains that the expected graduate attributes are in alignment with the components of architecture education and with the aspects examined in various tests of intelligence and aptitude.

Analisis keterampilan 4c (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation) dalam buku siswa kelas iv subtema aku dan cita-citaku

<p class="Abstract"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong><em>. </em><em>This study intends to describe the outcomes of the 4C skills analysis. (Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation) Subtheme I and my values in the fourth grade student's textbook. This study utilized a qualitative descriptive approach for its design. The utilized methodology is content analysis. Document analysis is used to gather information. The test for validity employs theoretical triangulation and boosts the persistence of observations. The technique for data analysis consisted of three steps: data reduction, data display, and verification. The results indicated that communication abilities were 100 %, with the majority of Let’s Reading activities focusing on communication. 76% of students scored above average in critical thinking and problem solving, Let's Practice tasks that emphasize critical thinking and problem solving, 37% of students were found to possess collaboration abilities, and Let's Discuss activities are the most effective at encouraging students to collaborate, 16% of youngsters demonstrated creative and imaginative abilities, and Let's practice and Collaborate with Parents activities are the most influential in fostering these qualities. Based on these data, it can be stated that the subtheme's activities incorporate 4C competencies.</em><em>.</em><em></em></p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> <em>The 4Cs,</em> <em>critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation, Student book.</em>