The neural correlates of visual mental imagery: An ongoing debate

2007/12/06 by Paolo Bartolomeo · 125 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Creative visualization #Dissociation (chemistry) #Face Recognition and Perception #Functional equivalence #Mental image #Neural correlates of consciousness #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neurocognitive #Neuroscience #Perception #Psychology #Visual perception #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Visualization

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2006.07.001

published in Cortex 44(2), 107-108 (Elsevier BV)

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• The Relationship Between Visual Perception and Visual Mental Imagery: A Reappraisal of the Neuropsychological Evidence

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