... will be learned'. Although this statement can be perceived as being correct it is the general consensus of many psychologists, such as Richardson 1974, that imagery alone will not improve recall of memory. It is instead better to consider imagery as an aid to memory recall and as a process of organisation of information. There are other considerations to take into account when studying imagery an aid for memory recall, this is that images which form a likely meaning to the participant. Wollen et al 1972 conducted an experiment in, which involved using the same images of objects under different conditions. For example images that are non- interacting and non-bizarre are more likely to be recalled than images that are interacting and bizarre. There have been some remarkable cases of people being able to use 'mnemonic tricks' to store and recall large amounts of data without fault for large periods ...

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