Differences in mental imagery between Spanish and Italian populations
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Studies measuring imagery vividness in different populations from different countries are scarce. Thus, the aim of this study was to ascertain if there were significant differences between Spanish and Italian populations and between women and men in three types of mental imagery: image vividness, image control, and spatial imagery ability. A total of 103 Italian second-year undergraduates, and 110 Spanish second-year undergraduates were administered three types of test: a test measuring image vividness, another image control, and a third test measuring spatial imagery ability. Though gender was not found to influence any of the measurements of imagery analysed, the country of origin was found to influence image control. Spanish participants obtained significantly higher image control scores than Italian participants. Further studies are required to measure these and other types of imagery, in these and other countries in order to broaden our understanding of the distribution of imagery ability worldwide.
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