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PubMed1988

Genes expressed during imaginal discs morphogenesis: IMP-L2, a gene expressed during imaginal disc and imaginal histoblast morphogenesis.

We describe our analysis of IMP-L2, one of a set of six ecdysone-inducible genes in imaginal discs of Drosophila whose transcripts are associated with membrane-bound polysomes. The spatial and temporal patterns of expression of the IMP-L2 transcript were analyzed. This transcript is first expressed in imaginal discs in areas that are precursors of head and thoracic epithelium, particularly the peripodial epithelia. It is later expressed in the imaginal histoblasts, precursors of the adult abdomen. The appearance of IMP-L2 transcript in each of these tissues precedes the spreading and fusion of the separate imaginal anlagen to form the continuous adult epidermis.

Animals↗
PubMed1998

Imagination inflation for action events: repeated imaginings lead to illusory recollections.

In two experiments, subjects heard simple action statements (e.g., "Break the toothpick"), and, in some conditions, they also performed the action or imagined performing the action. In a second session that occurred at a later point (10 min, 24 h, 1 week, or 2 weeks later), subjects imagined performing actions one, three, or five times. Some imagined actions represented statements heard, imagined, or performed in the first session, whereas other statements were new in the second session. During a third (test) phase, subjects were instructed to recognize statements only if they had occurred during the first session and, if recognized, to tell whether the action statement had been carried out, imagined, or merely heard. The primary finding was that increasing the number of imaginings during the second session caused subjects to remember later that they had performed an action during the first session when in fact they had not (imagination inflation). This outcome occurred both for statements that subjects had heard but not performed during the first session and for statements that had never been heard during the first session. The results are generally consistent with Johnson, Hashtroudi, and Lindsay's (1993) source monitoring framework and reveal a powerful memory illusion: Imagining performance of an action can cause its recollection as actually having been carried out.

Humans↗
PubMed2004

The imaginer and the imagined.

A transference of the imaginer and the imagined, arising from largely unconscious fantasies of the way parent and child interact to construct a view of reality, is present in all analyses. For narcissistic patients, primitive fantasies of the imaginer and imagined form an enduring organization, and the enactment of these fantasies in transference and countertransference distorts the way analyst and patient construct meaning. Clinical material demonstrates the deepening that occurs when these fantasies are interpreted.

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PubMed2004

Imagination or exposure causes imagination inflation.

To examine the effects of exposure to complex autobiographical events on imagination inflation, subjects performed a 3-stage procedure. First, they rated their confidence that a list of events had happened in their childhood. Second, subjects imagined and paraphrased complex fictitious events 0, 1, 3, or 5 times. Finally, they rated their confidence for the childhood events a second time. We found that subjects became more confident that the fictitious events really did happen in childhood, regardless of whether they were imagined or paraphrased. There was no repetition effect beyond that of a single exposure. Taken together with the results of other research, our data suggest that the greater processing fluency associated with the target events drives imagination inflation.

Autobiographies as Topic↗
PubMed1998

Curiosity, imagination, compassion, science and ethics: do curiosity and imagination serve a central function?

Curiosity and imagination have been neglected in epistemology. This paper argues that the role of curiosity and imagination is central to the way we think, regardless of whether it is thinking about problems of ethics or problems of science. In our ever more materialistic society, curiosity and reason are either discouraged or narrowly channeled. I shall argue that the role of curiosity and imagination for both science and ethics is so important that nurturing them can be seen as an ethical obligation and suppressing them as ethically problematic.

Capitalism↗
PubMed2004

Imagining The Sociological Imagination: the biographical context of a sociological classic.

Charles Wright Mills's arguments in The Sociological Imagination are very popular and this paper focuses on the biographical context in which his programmatic statements were occasioned. This breaks new ground by locating The Sociological Imagination and earlier programmatic statements in the professional and personal travails that motivated them. This approach is adopted in order to display the intersection between biography and sociology in Mills's life and career, a feature that he made a central part of sociology's promise. The paper utilizes this approach to reflect on the reasons why The Sociological Imagination became so popular and was able to transcend Mills's general unpopularity at the time of his death; and as part of the explanation of why the dismissal of the book on its publication contrasts with the contemporary view, enabling it to transpose successfully to a time significantly different than at its writing.

Biographies as Topic↗
PubMed1996

[Description of pre-imaginal and imaginal stages of Haematopinus apri (Anoplura)].

There is a description of pre-imaginal and imaginal stages of Haematopinus apri, a common ectoparasites of wild boar Sus scrofa. There are tables with features differentiating the development stages, which were constructed based on chaetotaxia and body measurements. This paper contains redescription of adults of H. apri too.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

The role of imagination in the disease process: pre-Cartesian histroy (the role of imagination in the disease process).

Ancient and Renaissance physicians implicated the soul's imaginative faculty in the genesis and remission of disease. The theory stated that images of objects of desire or aversion aroused emotions, which in turn set up humoral imbalances, disturbing digestion and other vital functions, culminating in various forms of pathology. This concept explained the therapeutic efficacy of 'placebos' in forms such as spells, charms and talismans. The theory merits close attention by contemporary physicians and researchers.

History of Medicine↗
PubMed2003

Imaginal exposure alone and imaginal exposure with cognitive restructuring in treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.

This study investigated the extent to which providing cognitive restructuring (CR) with prolonged imaginal exposure (IE) would lead to greater symptom reduction than providing IE alone for participants with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Fifty-eight civilian survivors of trauma with PTSD were randomly allocated to IE/CR, IE, or supportive counseling (SC). Treatment involved 8 individual weekly sessions with considerable homework. Independent assessments were conducted pretreatment, posttreatment, and at 6-month follow-up. IE/CR and IE resulted in reduced PTSD and depression compared with SC at posttreatment and follow-up. Further, IE/CR participants had greater reductions in PTSD and maladaptive cognitive styles than IE participants at follow-up. These findings suggest that providing CR in combination with IE may enhance treatment gains.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1996

Trying to imagineer the future? ... Don't just "imagine" inventory integrity!

Inventory integrity has been discussed, debated, and argued many times, in many organizations. The attempts at a solution have been numerous, from corrective action teams and inventory accuracy committees, to subtask groups and mandates. For a number of reasons, however, the required 95 percent integrity is seldom achieved, and never permanently. This article presents a proven, tested methodology to increase inventory integrity to 95 percent and to keep it there, in a nine-step process that takes no more than 120 days to implement.

Humans↗