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Reopening the Mental Imagery Debate: Lessons from Functional Anatomy
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Over the past few years, the neural bases of mental imagery have been both a topic of intense debate and a domain of extensive investigations using either PET or fMRI that have provided new insights into the cortical anatomy of this cognitive function. Several studies have in fact demonstrated that there exist types of mental imagery that do not rely on primary/early visual areas, whereas a consensus now exists on the validity of the dorsal/ventral-route model in the imagery domain. More importantly, these studies have provided evidence that, in addition to higher order visual areas, mental imagery shares common brain areas with other major cognitive functions, such as language, memory, and movement, depending on the nature of the imagery task. This body of recent results indicates that there is no unique mental imagery cortical network; rather, it reflects the high degree of interaction between mental imagery and other cognitive functions.
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Core networks for visual-concrete and abstract thought content: A brain electric microstate analysis
Lehmann, D., Pascual-Marqui, R. D., Strik, W. K., & Koenig, T. W. (2009) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.07.054 · Cited by 116
“…where also word and sentence processing shows predominant activation (Stowe et al., 1998; Vandenberghe et al., 2002), but certain task conditions and analysis approaches were reported to result in predominant right hemispheric activity (Mellet et al., 1998b; Kiehl et al., 1999; Dhond et al., 2007).”
Left mediotemporal structures mediate the retrieval of episodic autobiographical mental images
Gardini, S., Cornoldi, C., Béni, R. D., & Venneri, A. (2005) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.10.012 · Cited by 113
Slimani, M., Tod, D., Chaabène, H., Miarka, B., & Chamari, K. (2016) · PubMed Central · Cited by 107
Synaesthesia is associated with enhanced, self-rated visual imagery
Barnett, K. J., & Newell, F. N. (2008) · Consciousness and Cognition · doi:10.1016/j.concog.2007.05.011 · Cited by 170
Imagery practice and the development of surgical skills
Hall, J. C. (2002) · The American Journal of Surgery · doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(02)01007-3 · Cited by 104
Doucet, G. E., Naveau, M., Petit, L., Zago, L., Crivello, F., Jobard, G., Delcroix, N., Mellet, E., Tzourio‐Mazoyer, N., Mazoyer, B. M., et al. (2011) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.059 · Cited by 106
“…transformation of information, requiring cooperation between the fronto-parietal cortex and visual areas (Ganis et al., 2004; Mechelli et al., 2004; Mellet et al., 1998), whereas the latter has been found to have no positive functional relationship between the visual areas and high order…”
BackgroundSelf-citationCortical Systems Associated with Covert Music Rehearsal
Langheim, F. J. P. (2002) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1006/nimg.2002.1144 · Cited by 101
“Closely tied to issues of selective attention and conscious experience, mental imagery has often been considered the covert reflection of overt behavioral performance (Mellet et al., 1998; Ingvar, 1994; Decety et al., 1994).”
Coordinate and categorical judgements in spatial imagery. An fMRI study
Trojano, L., Grossi, D., Linden, D. E. J., Formisano, E., Goebel, R., Cirillo, S., Elefante, R., & Salle, F. D. (2002) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00021-0 · Cited by 94
“In studies on visual and spatial mental imagery the coactivation of frontal and parietal areas has been reported very often and related to image generation or to image maintenance [13,19,30].”
Impact of fMRI Acoustic Noise on the Functional Anatomy of Visual Mental Imagery
Mazard, A., Mazoyer, B. M., Etard, O., Tzourio‐Mazoyer, N., Kosslyn, S. M., & Mellet, E. (2002) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1162/089892902317236821 · Cited by 89
“Given the controversy about the role of the calcarine cortex in visual mental imagery (e.g., Thompson & Kosslyn, 2000; Mellet et al., 1998), we were particularly interested in the effect of noise on this area.”
Self-citationERP evidence of visualization at early stages of visual processing
Page, J. W., Duhamel, P., & Crognale, M. A. (2010) · Brain and Cognition · doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2010.11.001 · Cited by 88
Visually- and motor-based knowledge of letters: evidence from a pure alexic patient
Bartolomeo, P., Bachoud‐Lévi, A., Sylvie Chokron, A., & Degos, J. (2002) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/s0028-3932(01)00209-3 · Cited by 88
Brain Electrical Activity Evoked by Mental Formation of Auditory Expectations and Images
Janata, P. (2001) · Brain Topography · doi:10.1023/a:1007803102254 · Cited by 86
“Auditory images/expectancies appear to also activate sensory cortices as has been demonstrated for the visual system (Kosslyn et al. 1993; Le Bihan et al. 1993; Mellet et al. 1998).”
BackgroundCreativity and dementia: a review
Palmiero, M., Giacomo, D. D., & Passafiume, D. (2012) · Cognitive Processing · doi:10.1007/s10339-012-0439-y · Cited by 87
“Indeed, the right hemisphere is mostly devoted to the process of object complexity (Mellet et al. 1998) and generation of mental images using coordinate spatial relations (Kosslyn et al.”
BackgroundBlindness and brain plasticity: contribution of mental imagery?
Lambert, S., Sampaio, E., Mauss, Y., & Scheiber, C. (2004) · Cognitive Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.12.012 · Cited by 84
“The modulation of activation in a sighted group is well known in mental imagery and is generally associated with more complex images [26,37].”
BackgroundMethodCaeyenberghs, K., Wilson, P. H., van Roon, D., Swinnen, S. P., & Smits-Engelsman, B. C. M. (2009) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00803.x · Cited by 85
The neural substrates for the different modalities of movement imagery
Jiang, D., Edwards, M., Mullins, P. G., & Callow, N. (2015) · Brain and Cognition · doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2015.04.005 · Cited by 82
Mind the bend: cerebral activations associated with mental imagery of walking along a curved path
Wagner, J. N., Stephan, T., Kalla, R., Brückmann, H., Strupp, M. L., Brandt, T., & Jahn, K. (2008) · Experimental Brain Research · doi:10.1007/s00221-008-1520-8 · Cited by 85
“Hence, functional MRI is a valid method for visualizing brain areas associated with locomotion (for review see (Mellet et al. 1998; Jeannerod and Decety 1995).”
MethodMotor imagery and higher-level cognition: four hurdles before research can sprint forward
Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2012) · Cognitive Processing · doi:10.1007/s10339-012-0438-z · Cited by 86
“In a review, Mellet et al. (1998) explain that the pre-SMA appears to be involved specifically in motor imagery, while evidence suggests that the SMA proper is only activated in overt motor execution.”
BackgroundUsing mental practice in stroke rehabilitation: a framework
Braun, S. M., Kleynen, M., Schols, J. M. G. A., Schack, T., Beurskens, A. J. H. M., & Wade, D. T. (2008) · Clinical Rehabilitation · doi:10.1177/0269215508090066 · Cited by 81
Zapparoli, L., Invernizzi, P. L., Gandola, M., Verardi, M., Berlingeri, M., Sberna, M., Santis, A. D., Zerbi, A., Banfi, G., Bottini, G., et al. (2012) · Experimental Brain Research · doi:10.1007/s00221-012-3331-1 · Cited by 83
“2000), spatial mental imagery and mental navigation (Mellet et al. 1998), even in subjects in apparent vegetative states (Owen et al.”
BackgroundNeural Decoding with Hierarchical Generative Models
van Gerven, M. A. J., de Lange, F. P., & Heskes, T. (2010) · Neural Computation · doi:10.1162/neco_a_00047 · Cited by 78
Double Dissociation between Motor and Visual Imagery in the Posterior Parietal Cortex
Pelgrims, B., Andres, M., & Olivier, E. (2009) · Cerebral Cortex · doi:10.1093/cercor/bhn248 · Cited by 77
Abilities and strategies of blind and sighted subjects in visuo-spatial imagery
Vanlierde, A., & Wanet-Defalque, M.-C. (2004) · Acta Psychologica · doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2004.03.001 · Cited by 73
Dynamic Premotor-to-Parietal Interactions during Spatial Imagery
Sack, A. T., Jacobs, C., Martino, F. D., Staeren, N., Goebel, R., & Formisano, E. (2008) · Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.2656-08.2008 · Cited by 73
“…of several previous imaging studies investigating the neural correlates of spatial imagery (Kosslyn et al., 1993, 1998; Kawashima et al., 1995; Mellet et al., 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000b; Cohen et al., 1996; Tagaris et al., 1997; Carpenter et al., 1999; Richter et al., 2000; Trojano et al., 2000;…”
BackgroundResultInfluentialThe role of early visual cortex in visual short-term memory and visual attention
Offen, S., Schluppeck, D., & Heeger, D. J. (2008) · Vision Research · doi:10.1016/j.visres.2007.12.022 · Cited by 71
“Mental imagery in the absence of a visual stimulus has been reported to elicit activity in early visual cortex (Kosslyn et al., 1993; Kosslyn & Thompson, 2003; Le Bihan et al., 1993), though others did not find such activity (D’Esposito et al., 1997; Ishai, Ungerleider, & Haxby, 2000; Mellet, Petit, Mazoyer, Denis, &…”
Effects of an Imagery Training Program on Selective Attention of National Softball Players
Calmels, C., Berthoumieux, C., & d’Arripe-Longueville, F. (2004) · The Sport Psychologist · doi:10.1123/tsp.18.3.272 · Cited by 71
“9 Based on previous studies which showed that (a) comm n brain areas were involved 10 during perception and imagery (e.g., Mellet et al., 1998), and (b) perception of an object was 11 improved by the exposure to imagery experience (Farah, 1985; Michelon & Koenig, 2002), it 12 was hypothesized that…”
Mental rotation of objects retrieved from memory: A functional MRI study of spatial processing.
Just, M. A., Carpenter, P. A., Maguire, M. J., Diwadkar, V. A., & McMains, S. A. (2001) · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · doi:10.1037//0096-3445.130.3.493 · Cited by 64
Neural mechanisms of strength increase after one‐week motor imagery training
Grosprêtre, S., Jacquet, T., Lebon, F., Papaxanthis, C., & Martin, A. (2017) · European Journal of Sport Science · doi:10.1080/17461391.2017.1415377 · Cited by 73
de Winckel, A. V., Sunaert, S. G., Wenderoth, N., Peeters, R. R., Vanhecke, P., Feys, H., HOREMANS, E., Marchal, G. J., Swinnen, S. P., & Perfetti, C. (2005) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.01.058 · Cited by 63
“…in spatial response selection (Schumacher et al., 2003), tactile motion (Hagen et al., 2002), visual shape and size retrieval (Oliver and Thompson-Schill, 2003), mental imagery dealing with spatial components (Sathian et al., 1997; Vanlierde et al., 2003), and memory recall (Mellet et al., 1998).”
BackgroundKrüeger, F., Landgraf, S., van der Meer, E. E., Deshpande, G., & Hu, X. P. (2010) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.21119 · Cited by 59
“, 2000; Wojciulik and Kanwisher, 1999], spatial working memory [Wager and Smith, 2003], and spatial mental imagery [Mellet et al., 1998].”
BackgroundIntegration of “what” and “where” in frontal cortex during visual imagery of scenes
de Borst, A. W., Sack, A. T., Jansma, B. M., Esposito, F., Martino, F. D., Valente, G., Roebroeck, A. F., Salle, F. D., Goebel, R., & Formisano, E. (2011) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.12.005 · Cited by 59
“(Cohen et al., 1996; D'Esposito et al., 1997; Knauff et al., 2000; Mellet et al., 1998; Mellet et al., 1996; Richter et al., 1997; Trojano et al., 2000) have aimed at unravelling the neural foundations of mental imagery using a wide variety of tasks (for a review, see Kosslyn et al.”
MethodDouble dissociation in neural correlates of visual working memory: A PET study
Ventre‐Dominey, J., Bailly, A., Lavenne, F., Bars, D. L., Mollion, H., Costes, N., & Dominey, P. F. (2005) · Cognitive Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2005.09.004 · Cited by 59
“Interestingly, this region has been implicated in visual imagery and visual imagery occuring during memory retrieval ([37] for Review).”
The differential contributions of visual imagery constructs on autobiographical thinking
Aydın, Ç. (2017) · Memory · doi:10.1080/09658211.2017.1340483 · Cited by 62
Metadata
- Authors
- Mellet, E., Petit, L., Mazoyer, B., Denis, M., & Tzourio, N.
- Affiliations
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Venue
- NeuroImage
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-08
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 129-139
- ISSN
- 1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2119473470
- Cited by
- 237
- References
- 96
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 1.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- mental imagery, visual cortex, primary visual cortex, cortical networks, functional anatomy
- MeSH terms
- Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Imagination, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nerve Net, Mental Recall, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Visual Perception
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