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Imagery, namely, the mental representation of objects and scenes which preserve some features of the corresponding sensorial experience, can play a role in inducing people to figure out possible situations. More precisely, thanks to its intrinsic characteristics, imagery allows people to generate and manipulate flexible representations through holistic thinking strategies to enhance performance in problem-solving and creative tasks. However, individual differences in the ability to manage imagery are reported. This stresses the need to train individuals to use imagery efficiently in order to lead them to imagine alternative states of the world.

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    Alessandro Antonietti

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  2. Marconi Institute for Creativity (MIC), Villa Griffone, Sasso Marconi, Italy

    Serena Mastria

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Antonietti, A. (2022). Imagery. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_71-1

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