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image In historical psychology, an image is a mental form in which sensations or parts of a perception are brought back again in the mind.

In historical psychology, an image is a mental form in which sensations or parts of a perception are brought back again in the mind. The term can refer to different sensory kinds, such as visual or auditory images, and the totality of such mental contents is called imagery.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Image” (Image).
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