形象记忆
以感知过的事物形象为内容的记忆。通常以表象形式存在,所以又称"表象记忆"。它是直接对客观事物的形状、大小、体积、颜色、声音、气味、滋味、软硬、温冷等具体形象和外貌的记忆,直观形象性是其显著的特点。形象记忆按照主导分析器的不同,可分为视觉的、听觉的、触觉的、味觉的和嗅觉的等等。人的形象记忆发展的水平受社会实践活动制约,如音乐家擅长听觉形象记忆,画家擅长视觉形象记忆。大多数人的形象记忆均属混合型。
Imaginal memory
Imaginal memory is a memory of images, which reflect things that we perceived. It exists in the form of images; so it is also called “ image memory”. Featured of visual iconicity, it is a direct memory of specific figure and appearance of things, for example, shape, size, volume, color, smell, taste, hardness, temperature, etc. According to leading analyzer, imaginal memory can be divided into visual, acoustic, gustatory, olfactory, etc. Imaginal memory is conditioned by social practice; say musicians are good at acoustic imaginal memory; while painters are good at visual imaginal memory. Most people is of mixed imaginal memory.