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Multimodal images in the brain

Stephen M. Kosslyn, Giorgio Ganis, William Forde Thompson

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This chapter provides a review of the main results of neuroimaging experiments that have examined the neural underpinning of mental imagery and its comparison with visual perception. It explores how visual, auditory, and motor imagery work. It focuses on a new research area, the use of imagery in stimulating the social world.

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Key concepts: Mental image, Auditory imagery, Perception, Modality (human–computer interaction), Psychology, Cognitive psychology, Stimulus modality, Phenomenology (philosophy)