The dominant neural model of visual mental imagery (VMI) stipulates that memories from the
medial temporal lobe acquire sensory features in early visual areas. However, neurological …

We read with great interest the review by J. Pearson on visual mental imagery (Pearson, J.
The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental imagery. Nat. Rev …

The role of the primary visual cortex in visual mental imagery has provided significant
debate in the imagery literature. Functional neuroimaging studies show considerable …

Over the past few years, the neural bases of mental imagery have been both a topic of
intense debate and a domain of extensive investigations using either PET or fMRI that have …

Publisher Summary This chapter demonstrates how neuroimaging has advanced the
understanding of the nature of visual mental imagery. Visual mental imagery occurs when a …

Separate lines of research have shown that visual memory and visual mental imagery are
mediated by frontal-parietal control regions and can rely on occipital-temporal sensory …

The functional mechanisms and the neural correlates of visual mental imagery (the faculty
whereby we can use our “mind's eye” to visualize objects in their absence) are at the centre …

Despite mental imagery's ubiquitous role in human perception, cognition and behavior, one
standout question remains unanswered: Why does imagery vary so much from one …

We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess the maximal degree of
shared neural processing in visual mental imagery and visual perception. Participants either …

Imagery research typically deals with the commonalities and differences between imagery
and perception. As such, it is usually confined to one specific modality. Yet, it is likely that …