A link between guided imagery and memory function was tentatively established in a February, 2000 pilot study by Hudetz, Hudetz and Klayman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Thirty volunteers, ages 17-56, were randomly assigned to one of three groups and administered the WAIS-III Letter-Number Sequencing Test before and after a 10-min. treatment with either guided imagery or popular music.

The control group received no intervention. The test scores among the subjects were not significantly different between the 3 groups before treatment. However, memory scores improved after the 10 minute guided imagery session; but not with popular music nor with the control group. This study suggests that human information processing can be enhanced by prior relaxation, and implies that it might be a good idea to consciously use the imagination to relax for a few minutes before approaching a task that requires a lot of working memory.

Posted: 02/01/2007



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