Statistics, Imagery and Cognitive Sciences. For two decades, the teaching and application of statistics have been dominated largely by the calculatory and logical procedures of mathematics. But mathematics is not accessible to all, while statistical "thought" should be shared by the largest possible number of people. How can one facilitate the learning of statistical thought? "I have ideas because I have images". said Euler. Cognitive sciences are trying to show that Euler was right. The role of imagery in cognitive processes and learning strategies developed during the learning process are currently the subject of research and results are now being made available outside the restricted specialized research community. Today, research in cognitive sciences can furnish conceptual aids for designing programs of learning intelligently assisted by computers (LIAC).