Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
We are currently investigating the role of mental imagery and narrative structureto leverage episodic memory for training, particularly in extended reality (XR).We hypothesize that (a) learners’ propensity for visualization and (b) the use ofinstructional storytelling contributes to more meaningful and effective trainingexperiences. Episodic memory may be particularly helpful for encoding andretrieving the place and timing of actions in a procedure sequence. Furthermore,we believe that learners’ propensity for mental visualization may underpin part ofthis relationship. Here, we describe results from an exploratory factor analysisthat focused on factor loadings across a battery of measures of learners’immersive tendencies, visuospatial abilities, imagination, and mental simulation.The results supported a three-factor model of learners’ visualization propensitycorresponding to concepts of vividness (evocation), directedness (invocation), andfrequency (avocation) of mental imagery. We discuss these findings in context ofour refinement of measure items, and how this effort may support research onadvanced simulation technologies for aviation training.
Repository Citation
Dragu, N.,
Reis, J.,
Sonnenfeld, N. A.,
Nguyen, B.,
& Jentsch, F. G.
(2025). Mental Visualization in Aviation Training: Propensity, Measurement, & Implications for Narrative in Extended Reality. Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 263-268.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/isap_2025/45
Comments
Presented at the 23rd International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, May 27-30, 2025, Hosted by Oregon State University