Visual images are consciously assembled in specific localized brain regions
Neuroscience literature demonstrates that visually generated mental images recruit specific localized brain regions and neural networks overlapping with visual perception and working memory.
The retrieved papers collectively demonstrate that visual mental imagery relies on specific neural networks and localized structures, such as early visual cortex and fronto-parietal circuits, supporting the claim that visual images are consciously assembled in specific localized regions.
Kathryn E Bates, Marie Smith, Emily Kate Farran, Maro G. Machizawa. Behavioural and neural correlates of visual working memory reveal metacognitive aspects of mental imagery. 2023. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kfh3a
This study explores how mental imagery is maintained and processed through neural correlates of visual working memory, supporting the biological basis of assembled visual representations.
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Theodoros Karapanagiotidis, Elizabeth Jefferies, Jonathan Smallwood. Interactions between the neural correlates of dispositional internally directed thought and visual imagery. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1101/857490
This research links self-generated visual imagery thoughts to specific functional connectivity networks across the brain.
Yingying Huang, Frank Pollick, Ming Liu, Delong Zhang. Shared and Independent Neural Representation Between Visual Perception and Mental Imagery. 2021. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-788978/v1
This study demonstrates that visual mental imagery shares neural representations in the early visual cortex and higher visual areas, supporting localized brain involvement.
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