Visualization
* allows the study of dynamics by observing model output in motion.
* also provides a means to counter the limitations of short-term memory.
* are animations that move to the music.
* attempts to program the mind to discover inner power and guidance
  - transform research data into colorful, meaningful pictures
* can actually make the body healthy again or improve specific skills
  - also be helpful in understanding how mathematical approaches work
  - be different for different people
  - help pain become more tolerable or detract attention away from it
  - make science come alive, especially in teaching
  - produce comprehensible views of real systems such as automobiles and airplanes
  - promote knowledge sharing in all diverse learning environments
  - take place through any one or any combination of the five senses
  - use the power of the mind to relax the physical body
* changes perceptions and attitudes about stress-inducing events.
* comes from within the observer.
* constitutes an increasingly important part of computational science and engineering.
* critical technology for understanding complex, data-rich systems.
* directed form of thinking and imagination.
* embraces both image understanding and image synthesis.
* emphasize the relative position of hopping cells during motions.
* form of concentrative meditation that movie-style use of imagination
  - prayer
* helps clarify the meaning of data sets
  - scientists see the sound waves and detect anomalous behavior
* includes graphics, animation, and four-dimensional representations.
* is also helpful as a form of distraction from pain.
* is an affordable technology for quickly and realistically depicting data visually
  - idea complex, a thought form, in a mental picture
  - important component to the understanding of chemical concepts
  - indispensable tool in helping people attain their goals
  - another form of meditation
  - comprised of thought and emotion
  - considered by many to be an ability that takes years to master
  - crucial for scientific interpretation
  - distinguished as the representation of data using software tools
  - especially useful for interrogating large data sets
  - inherently less abstract and more direct than textual language symbols
  - linked to many different types of content
  - mental practice
* is one of the most important tools someone on a spiritual path can use
  - oldest forms of healing
  - type of model simulation
  - part of a process of discovery
  - particularly important in organic and biological chemistry
  - similar to analogy
  - something people have been able to do forever
* is the common language for communication
  - graphical display of numeric data
  - icing on the cake
  - key to understanding anatomy
  - mental homework
  - mother of creation
  - practice of meditating on a positive journey to and outcome of an event
  - principle that pushes goals into reality
  - process and result of viewing data and numbers as a diagram or drawing
  - simplest means of creating inner impressions
  - visual representation of information
* is used a lot to calm nerves
  - widely in all aspects of sport today
* key element in motivation.
* learned skill.
* literally means the formation of mental visual images.
* method of computing
  - that is similar to imagery
* natural way to close a workout.
* offers a method for seeing the unseen.
* often starts with the task of accurately importing real-world data
  - takes time to emerge and grow
* plays a key role in the aviation industry.
* provides a way to demonstrate an idea so that it becomes understandable, embraceable.
* puts the imagination to work to help achieve a desired outcome.
* raises a collection of issues around what it means to represent textual information.
* serious part of fighting the anxiety-reinforcement component of tinnitus.
* strategy that helps students link old and new knowledge.
* technique in which the athlete imagines performing various tasks
  - that can be used before or after a workout
  - used in many false religions and especially in witchcraft
  - which can be used as a part of progressive relaxation or by itself
* use mathematical models to simulate reality.
* very important part of learning.
* weakness in the electronic structure field.
* works out of the grey area of human perception and cognition.