Visual Imagery and Religious Ceremonial

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine whether visual imagery occurs more in 49 ‘high church’ than in 40 ‘low church’ individuals. Since visual imagery is positively related to need for stimulation, it might be expected that people with a preference for ceremonial would tend to image more vividly. In this study, imagery tended to be stronger among ‘low church’ individuals, however.

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