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  1. Mental imagery.Nigel J. T. Thomas - 2001 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
    Mental imagery (varieties of which are sometimes colloquially refered to as “visualizing,” “seeing in the mind's eye,” “hearing in the head,” “imagining the feel of,” etc.) is quasi-perceptual experience; it resembles perceptual experience, but occurs in the absence of the appropriate external stimuli. It is also generally understood to bear intentionality (i.e., mental images are always images of something or other), and thereby to function as a form of mental representation. Traditionally, visual mental imagery, the most discussed variety, was thought (...)
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  • Conscious and unconscious processes in human desire.Jackie Andrade, Jon May & David Kavanagh - 2009 - PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research On Consciousness 15 (2).
    Elaborated Intrusion theory distinguishes between unconscious, associative processes as the precursors of desire, and controlled processes of cognitive elaboration that lead to conscious sensory images of the target of desire and associated affect. We argue that the latter play a key role in motivating human behaviour. Consciousness is functional in that it allows competing goals to be compared and evaluated. The role of effortful cognitive processes in desire helps to explain the different time courses of craving and physiological withdrawal.
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  • Motivation States for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Desire, Urge, Wanting, and Craving.Matthew A. Stults-Kolehmainen, Miguel Blacutt, John B. Bartholomew, Todd A. Gilson, Garrett I. Ash, Paul C. McKee & Rajita Sinha - 2020 - Frontiers in Psychology 11.
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