short for mental image pictures: mental copies of one's perceptions sometime in the past; three-dimensional colorpictures with sound and smell and all other perceptions, plus the conclusions or speculations of the individual. For example, if a person was in a car accident, he would retain "pictures" of that experience in his mind, complete with recordings of the sights, physical sensations, smells, sounds, etc., that occurred during that incident. —PDC Volume 1 Approved Glossary