“…Previous research explored human imagination using diverse approaches, such as philosophical inquiry (Emig, 1983;Warnock, 1976), visual imagery (Gordon, 1949;Richardson, 1969), mental imagery (Marks, 1973(Marks, , 1995, spatial concept (Thurstone & Thurstone, 1965), and imagery companions (Taylor, 1999;Taylor, Hulette, & Dishion, 2010), but few studies have empirically examined imaginative capabilities, let alone developed an evaluation tool for assessing these capabilities. Taking these concerns into account, this study developed the imaginative capability scale (ICS), and then aimed at establishing the reliability, validity, and factor structure of this newly constructed scale.…”