Decision making and mental imagery: A conceptual synthesis and new research directions

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dc.abstract.enThis paper introduces a conceptual synthesis of theoretical ideas investigating the relationship between decision making and mental imagery. We claim that the generation of mental images may play a pivotal role in decision making because imaginative foresight allows an event to be pre-experienced and consequences of different choice alternatives to be “tried out.” Moreover, we provide evidence that mental imagery can be considered a source of emotions that regulate decision making and risk perception. We also propose principles describing the mutual relationships between mental imagery and decision making that allow for formulating testable hypotheses. Finally, we discuss open issues that arise in the context of the idea that mental imagery informs decision making. They concern the relationship between mental imagery and emotions, functional and dysfunctional consequences of mental imagery, spontaneous vs. enforced generation of mental imagery, and the role of imagery-based approach/withdrawal motivation in terminating the decision-making process.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.contributor.authorZaleśkiewicz, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorTraczyk, Jakub
dc.contributor.authorSobków, Agata
dc.date.access2024-05-31
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-03T10:41:54Z
dc.date.available2024-01-03T10:41:54Z
dc.date.created2023-04-08
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.description.accesstimeafter_publication
dc.description.grantnumber2019/33/B/HS6/01920
dc.description.granttitleWyobrażenia umysłowe i emocje a decyzje w warunkach ryzyka i niepewności. Wizualizowanie przyszłości jako narzędzie w podejmowaniu decyzji
dc.description.issue5
dc.description.physical603-633
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume35
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/20445911.2023.2198066
dc.identifier.issn2044-5911
dc.identifier.issn2044-592X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/286
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20445911.2023.2198066
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
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dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enmental imagery
dc.subject.enmental simulations
dc.subject.enepisodic foresight
dc.subject.endecision making
dc.subject.enrisk perception
dc.subject.enemotions
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleDecision making and mental imagery: A conceptual synthesis and new research directions
dc.title.journalJournal of Cognitive Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle