医学科学是生命科学中最复杂、易变、多样而且是有声有色、形象万千的学科。既需用抽象思维(逻辑思维)也需用形象思维,两者互相渗透,相辅相成,共同不断地认识和促进医学科学的发展。一、什么是形象思维形象思维是客观存在的基本思维形式,也是从感性认识飞跃到理性认识的一种独立思维形式。是指“用形象来思维”(think in image)“用形象来思考”(别林斯基),就是大脑通过大量的个体形象的记忆进行综合的再现。形象思维也具有思维共有的特征,即有理性功能和能揭示事物的本质,它不象抽象思 Medical science is one of the most complex, variable, diverse and ephemeral subjects in life sciences. Necessary to use abstract thinking (logical thinking) also need to use the image of thinking, the two penetrate each other, complement each other and common understanding and promote the development of medical science. First, what is the image of the image Thinking is the objective existence of the basic form of thinking, but also leap from perceptual understanding to rational thinking of an independent way of thinking. Refers to “think in image” and “think in terms of image” (Belinsky), that is, the brain reproduces integratively through memories of a large number of individual images. Image thinking also has the characteristics of thinking in common, that is, the rational function and can reveal the essence of things, it is not abstract