Abstract Theories of Visual Mental Imagery (VMI) emphasize the processes of retrieval,
modification, and recombination of sensory information from long-term memory. Yet, only …

Visual working memory paradigms involve retaining and manipulating visual information in
mind over a period of seconds. Evidence suggests that visual imagery (sensory recruitment) …

What are mental images needed for? A variety of everyday situations calls for us to plan
ahead; one of the clever ways our mind prepares and strategizes our next move is through …

Different individuals experience varying degrees of vividness in their visual mental images.
The distribution of these variations across different imagery domains, such as object shape …

Research into the newly-coined 'condition'of 'aphantasia', an individual difference involving
the self-reported absence of voluntary visual imagery, has taken off in recent years, and …

Visual imagery allows for the construction of rich internal experience in our mental world.
However, it has remained poorly understood how imagery experience derives volitionally as …

Introduction While EEG signals reflecting motor and perceptual imagery are effectively used
in brain computer interface (BCI) contexts, little is known about possible indices of …

We used ultra-high field 7T fMRI to establish the neural circuits involved in visual mental
imagery and perception, and to elucidate the neural mechanisms associated with imagery …

Most of us can use our “mind's eye” to mentally visualize things that are not in our direct line
of sight, an ability known as visual mental imagery. Extensive left temporal damage can …

Introduction The capacity to understand the others' emotional states, particularly if negative
(eg sadness or fear), underpins the empathic and social brain. Patients who cannot express …