KnowraMental imageryLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Mental imagery, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 2Related 4Narrower topic 1Compared with 3HallucinationCompared with: Imagery is usually experienced as internally generated and less perception-like than hallucination.DreamRelated: Dreams commonly create visual, auditory, and bodily imagery in the absence of waking stimuli.ImaginationBroader topic: It is imagination’s image-forming mode, spanning visual, auditory, and other senses.Sexual fantasyNarrower topic: Sexual fantasy often uses imagined scenes, sensations, or sounds to evoke arousal.Mental representationBroader topic: Imagery is a familiar representational form that can resemble perception.SynesthesiaCompared with: Synesthetic concurrents are typically described as automatic, unlike intentionally formed imagery.Language of thought hypothesisCompared with: Imagery raises the question of whether all thought is fundamentally symbolic and sentence-like.ThoughtRelated: Thought can manipulate imagined scenes and sensations, not only words or propositions.Intrapersonal communicationRelated: Images can carry meaning internally without words.Maladaptive daydreamingRelated: Vivid imagery helps make imagined scenes feel detailed and absorbing.