Memory Imagery is voluntary and is used to solve problems.
Up to that point, he had not been an artist, but here he discovered he had a latent skill. He drew many pictures, but only of that town. What was amazing is that they were extremely accurate in their detail. The exception was that he never imaged nor drew people in any of his scenes.
We all experience eidetic imagery when songs go through our head. We can improve our own eidetic imagery simply by being aware of it when it occurs.
Memory Imagery, unlike the other images we have discussed, is not tied so closely to recent or intense stimulation; and it is a voluntary process. We do have considerable control over it and use it for solving problems of many kinds.
On the next two pages, for example, are two exercises of inductive reasoning. It will take the use of memory imagery to solve these problems.