Representation can be divided into memory representation and imagination.

According to the dominant sensory channel when the image is formed, the image is divided into visual image, auditory image, kinesthetic image, olfactory image, taste image and tactile image, etc.

Visual representation is an image with visual characteristics (color, shape, size, etc.) that appears in the human brain. Visual representation - generally more vivid, and it is a form of representation that occurs frequently.

Auditory imagery is an image with auditory characteristics (pitch, loudness, timbre, melody, etc.) that appears in the human brain. Among the auditory images, the auditory images of speech and music are the most vivid and prominent.

Kinaesthetic representations are images of actions that appear in the human mind. Kinesthetic representations can be visual, such as the images of various action postures, or they can be kinesthetic, such as the representation of the strength used or the size of the movement range. Smell, taste, touch, etc. all have their corresponding representations.

Although the functions of various representations have different emphasis according to different social practice activities, representations are often the comprehensive function of comprehensive thinking and kinesthetic representations. For example, dancers can say that the appearance of mixed sexual activities is different, and the role of various appearances is also emphasized.

Generally speaking, painters have better visual representation, musicians have better auditory representation, and gymnasts have better kinesthetic representation.