A person is told to imagine an image of a plane and asked to begin each trial by focusing on the cockpit. In the first trial, he or she is asked a question about the engine. In the second trial, he or she is questioned about the tail. According to Kosslyn's theory, it should take the person longer to answer the question about the engine of the plane as compared to the question about the tail.

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According to Kosslyn's theory of mental imagery, which suggests that mental images exist in a spatial format, it would take longer to scan from the cockpit to the tail than from the cockpit to the engine because the tail is farther away from the starting point (the cockpit) in the mental image of the plane.

A Person Is Told to Imagine an Image of a Plane