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 …

Visual mental imagery is the ability to create a quasi-perceptual visual picture in the mind's
eye. For people with the rare trait of aphantasia, this ability is entirely absent or markedly …

For most people the use of visual imagery is pervasive in daily life, but for a small group of
people the experience of visual imagery is entirely unknown. Research based on subjective …

Research into the neural correlates of individual differences in imagery vividness point to an
important role of the early visual cortex. However, there is also great fluctuation of vividness …

The pupillary light response is an important automatic physiological response which
optimizes light reaching the retina. Recent work has shown that the pupil also adjusts in …

Recent studies have provided conflicting accounts regarding where in the human brain
visual short-term memory (VSTM) content is stored, with strong univariate fMRI responses …

Aphantasia describes the experience of individuals who self-report a lack of voluntary visual
imagery. It is not yet known whether individuals with aphantasia show deficits in cognitive …

Congenital aphantasia is a recently characterized variation of experience defined by the
inability to form voluntary visual imagery, in individuals who are otherwise high performing …

For decades, the extent to which visual imagery relies on the same neural mechanisms as
visual perception has been a topic of debate. Here, we review recent neuroimaging studies …