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Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire

Discover the vividness of your visual imagination.

How vivid is your mind's eye?

The Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) explores the vividness of your visual imagination.

VVIQ Instructions

For each scenario, try to form a mental picture of the people, objects, or setting. Rate how vivid the image is using the 5‑point scale. If you do not have a visual image, rate vividness as "1". Only use "5" for images that are as lively and vivid as real seeing. The rating scale is as follows:
  1. No image at all, I only know I am thinking of the object
  1. Vague and dim
  1. Moderately clear and vivid
  1. Clear and reasonably vivid
  1. Perfectly clear and as vivid as normal vision

Please note that there are no right or wrong answers to the questions and that it’s not necessarily desirable to experience imagery or, if you do, to have more vivid imagery.

The exact contours of face, head, shoulders and body.
Characteristic poses of head, attitudes of body, etc.
The precise carriage, length of step, etc., in walking.
The different colors of some familiar clothes.
The sun rising above the horizon into a hazy sky.
The sky clears and surrounds the sun with blueness.
Clouds: a storm blows up with flashes of lightning.
A rainbow appears.
The overall appearance of the shop from the opposite side of the road.
A window display including colours, shapes and details of individual items.
You are near the entrance: the colour, shape and details of the door.
Inside at the counter: the assistant serves you and money changes hands.
The contours of the landscape (trees, mountains, lake).
The colour and shape of the trees.
The colour and shape of the lake.
A strong wind blows on the trees and lake, causing waves.

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