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When is early visual cortex activated during visual mental imagery?

Kosslyn, Stephen M., Thompson, William L.·2003·Psychological Bulletin

Abstract

Although many neuroimaging studies of visual mental imagery have revealed activation in early visual cortex (Areas 17 or 18), many others have not. The authors review this literature and compare how well 3 models explain the disparate results. Each study was coded 1 or 0, indicating whether activation in early visual cortex was observed, and sets of variables associated with each model were fit to the observed results using logistic regression analysis. Three variables predicted all of the systematic differences in the probability of activation across studies. Two of these variables were identified with a perceptual anticipation theory, and the other was identified with a methodological factors theory. Thus, the variability in the literature is not random.

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Authors
Kosslyn, S. M., & Thompson, W. L.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Venue
Psychological Bulletin
Published
2003
Volume
129
Issue
5
Pages
723-746
ISSN
  • 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1455
OpenAlex
W1985236820
Cited by
515
References
121
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 19
FWCI
7.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH060734, 1R01 MH60734-01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Keywords
visual imagery, early visual cortex, methodological factors
MeSH terms
Humans, Imagination, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Psychological Theory, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Visual Cortex, Visual Perception, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

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