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 …

Although Galton recognized in the 1880s that some individuals lack visual imagery, this
phenomenon was mostly neglected over the following century. We recently coined the terms …

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 …

Research suggests that perception and imagination engage neuronal representations in the
same visual areas. However, the underlying mechanisms that differentiate sensory …

When I am looking at my coffee machine that makes funny noises, this is an instance of
multisensory perception–I perceive this event by means of both vision and audition. But very …

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 …

Abstract Using the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire we selected 14 high-scoring
and 15 low-scoring healthy participants from an initial sample of 111 undergraduates. The …