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

Meditation is a family of mental practices that encompasses a wide array of techniques
employing distinctive mental strategies. We systematically reviewed 78 functional …

As augmented reality (AR) has been increasingly adopted by various industries as a
marketing tool, tourism practitioners have come to recognize its promising potential in …

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive meta-analysis of the relevant imaging
literature on word production (82 experiments). In addition to the spatial overlap of activated …

Fiction literature has largely been ignored by psychology researchers because its only
function seems to be entertainment, with no connection to empirical validity. We argue that …

Mental imagery has, until recently, fallen within the purview of philosophy and cognitive
psychology. Both enterprises have raised important questions about imagery, but have not …

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 …

The cortical anatomy of the conscious resting state (REST) was investigated using a meta-
analysis of nine positron emission tomography (PET) activation protocols that dealt with …

The classical notion that the cerebellum and the basal ganglia are dedicated to motor
control is under dispute given increasing evidence of their involvement in non-motor …

It is generally accepted that there is something special about reasoning by using mental
images. The question of how it is special, however, has never been satisfactorily spelled out …