Mental imagery can be advantageous, unnecessary and even clinically disruptive. With
methodological constraints now overcome, research has shown that visual imagery involves …

Mental imagery research has weathered both disbelief of the phenomenon and inherent
methodological limitations. Here we review recent behavioral, brain imaging, and clinical …

Early visual areas contain specific information about visual items maintained in working
memory, suggesting a role for early visual cortex in more complex cognitive functions [1–4] …

When we try to remember whether we left a window open or closed, do we actually see the
window in our mind? If we do, does this mental image play a role in how we think? For …

Recent multi-voxel pattern classification (MVPC) studies have shown that in early visual
cortex patterns of brain activity generated during mental imagery are similar to patterns of …

The authors model the neural mechanisms underlying spatial cognition, integrating
neuronal systems and behavioral data, and address the relationships between long-term …

The authors argue that human desire involves conscious cognition that has strong affective
connotation and is potentially involved in the determination of appetitive behavior rather …

We present a model of how neural representations of egocentric spatial experiences in
parietal cortex interface with viewpoint-independent representations in medial temporal …

This review of mental imagery research has the core objective of fostering more research on
the topic of sensory imagery. The review is organized around a conceptual framework …

Although many neuroimaging studies of visual mental imagery have revealed activation in
early visual cortex (Areas 17 or 18), many others have not. The authors review this literature …