Sentence examples for mentally scan from inspiring English sources
For example, the times taken to "mentally scan" between different landmarks on a mental image of a map (see section 4.3 above) are affected not only by the actual relative distances between the points on the map, but also by information that is verbally given about those distances.
As Tartaglia speaks, I mentally scan the group of bishops surrounding him.
Subjects tend to take longer to "mentally scan" over a distance marked as representing 80 miles than over a distance marked as 20 miles, even though the actual distances depicted on the map (which they have learned and are supposedly imagining) are the same (Richman, Mitchell, & Reznick, 1979a,b; see also Mitchell & Richman, 1980; Goldston et al., 1985; Reed, Hock & Lockhead, 1983).
When shopping, you can mentally scan your house to recall your list.
Mentally scan your body from your head down to your heels for signs of stress or tension.
The most prominent debate in this area concerns the representational format of visual mental images, and, in particular, the question of whether visual mental images are "picture-like" in the sense they can be "mentally scanned" in much the way that we can visually scan objects that we see.
Damon mentally scans the assembled faces of the entertainment industry for an example.
Preach!" I mentally scanned the thousands of self-help books I've purchased in an attempt to transcend whatever self-imposed trap I was caught in.
I quickly mentally scanned through all of my memories backpacking through Southeast Asia, taking 24-hour bus rides seated in the aisle.
It's Friday night and as other students down discounted booze, briefly forgetting the £60,000 [$94,000] debt and jobless abyss that awaits, Charlotte is standing in the supermarket, mentally scanning Tesco Value items.
It's Friday night and as other students down discounted booze, briefly forgetting the £60,000 debt and jobless abyss that awaits, Charlotte is standing in the supermarket, mentally scanning Tesco Value items.
