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Mental images: Always present, never there

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2005

Fred W. Mast
Fred W. Mast*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Cognitive Neuroscience, 8032Zürich, Switzerlandhttp://www.psychologie.unizh.ch/cogneusci
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f.mast@psychologie.unizh.ch
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Abstract

Recent research on visual mental imagery plays an important role for the study of visual hallucinations. Not only are mental images involved in various cognitive processes, but they also share many processes with visual perception. However, we rarely confuse mental images with percepts, and recent neuroimaging studies shed light on the mechanisms that are differently activated in imagery and perception.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 769 - 770
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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