Publications by authors named "Roger M Knudson"

We review contemporary scientific research on the relationship between visual perception and visual mental imagery in the context of Cheves Perky's (1910) landmark article on imagery and imagination. This body of research has firmly established a strong connection between the psychology of imagery and perception and has contributed a strong voice to the imagery debate. We then use the concept of embodiment to discuss additional avenues of inquiry at which Perky's work hinted.

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In this article, we portray women's experiences of long-term recovery from anorexia and compulsive overeating. Semistructured interviewing and an interpretive biographical method were used to coconstruct accounts of each participant's transition to wellness. Thick descriptions of self-identified turning points on the path to recovery are framed in terms of the concept of personal positioning in relation to cultural master narratives.

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Contemporary research recognizes the existence of an ongoing attachment between the mourner and the deceased. This research tends to focus on the subjective aspects of the attachment--the mourner's memory and emotions. A complementary perspective is offered by archetypal psychology, which considers the deceased to exist outside the mourner's subjectivity as an autonomous image.

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