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Imagination - Coggle Diagram
Imagination
1. What is imagination?
process of
thinking up ideas or images
Latin word 'mental image'
ex) imaginig a totally new fruit
never eaten or seen
active imagination
daydream
opposite of 'perception
brain takes input from 5 senses
forms a picture of surrounding world
how you understand reality
ex) an apple in hand
brain perceives sense, smell, taste
later you remember the sense, taste
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2. How can it be used?
artists
create lifelike canvases
use imagination to transform reality -> art
paint wild landscape you'll never see
composed of things we've seen
imagination transforms familiar things into something new & special
inventors
come up with ideas for new devices
scientists
developing hypotheses
explain natural processes
psychologists & philosophers
they think it helps ppl experience
empathy
putting yourself in others' place
imagining what they feel or think
evolutionary scientists
creative problem solving
vital to success of human species