Abstract Theories of Visual Mental Imagery (VMI) emphasize the processes of retrieval,
modification, and recombination of sensory information from long-term memory. Yet, only …

Different individuals experience varying degrees of vividness in their visual mental images.
The distribution of these variations across different imagery domains, such as object shape …

Reading acquisition is enabled by deep changes in the brain's visual system and language
areas, and in the links subtending their collaboration. Disruption of those plastic processes …

Age-related effects on the default mode network (DMN) connectivity as measured at rest
using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are now well described. Little is known …

Most of us can use our “mind's eye” to mentally visualize things that are not in our direct line
of sight, an ability known as visual mental imagery. Extensive left temporal damage can …

With effort, most literate persons can conjure more or less vague visual mental images of the
written form of words they are hearing, an ability afforded by the links between sounds …

Abstract The famous" Piazza del Duomo" paper, published in Cortex in 1978, inspired a
considerable amount of research on visual mental imagery in brain-damaged patients. As a …

We investigated object-colour knowledge in RDS, a patient with impaired colour naming
after a left occipito-temporal stroke. RDS's colour perception, object naming and verbal …

This preliminary study tackles the assessment and treatment of autobiographical memory
(AbM) in relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis (RR‐MS) patients. Our aim was to investigate …

Learning and memory impairments are common in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS)
and have pervasive effects on everyday life functioning. Hence, memory and learning have …