Table 2.
Summary of tasks to assess general imagery use and experience.
| Domain | Task | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Experience, content, and occurrence of imagery | Betts' Questionnaire upon Mental Imagery Short-form (QMI) |
Betts (1909) Sheehan (1967) |
| Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) | Marks (1973) | |
| Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS) | Reisberg et al. (2003) | |
| Tellegen Absorption Scale (TAS) | Tellegen (1982) | |
| Mental Imagery Interview | Original: Hackmann et al. (2000) Variant: Morrison et al. (2002) Variant: Day et al. (2004) Variant: Holmes, Crane et al. (2007) Variant: Hales et al. (2011) Variant: Crane et al. (2012) |
|
| Controllability of imagery | Controllability of Visual Imagery Questionnaire | Richardson (1994) |
| Perspective | Observer vs. Field Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) |
Hackmann et al. (1998) Wells et al. (1998) Stopa and Bryant (2004) |
| Imagery versus verbal processing style | Verbaliser–Visualiser Questionnaire (VVQ) Revised VVQ |
Richardson (1977) Kirby et al. (1988) |
| Visualiser–Verbaliser Cognitive Style Questionnaire | Kozhevnikov et al. (2005) | |
| Predominance of Verbal and Imagery-based Thoughts Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) | Holmes, Mathews, Mackintosh, and Dalgleish (2008) |