This paper presents a review of studies that have provided evidence supporting
metaphorical embodiment. These studies are divided into three categories of behavioral …

This book is about mental imagery and the important work it does in our mental life. It plays a
crucial role in the vast majority of our perceptual episodes. It also helps us understand many …

Episodic autobiographical memory (EAM) is pivotal for the development and maintenance of
personal identity. However, a theoretical debate still exists about where EAMs are stored in …

Imagining natural scenes enables us to engage with a myriad of simulated environments.
How do our brains generate such complex mental images? Recent research suggests that …

Studies that have shown a distinction between object and spatial imagery suggest more
than one type of aphantasia and hyperphantasia, yet this has not been systematically …

Neuroimaging studies have revealed two separate classes of category-selective regions
specialized in optic flow (egomotion-compatible) processing and in scene/place perception …

While the loss of mental imagery following brain lesions was first described more than a
century ago, the key cerebral areas involved remain elusive. Here we report …

While in the past much of our knowledge about memory representations in the brain has
relied on loss-of-function studies in which whole brain regions were temporarily inactivated …

Field independence (FI) has been found to correlate with a wide range of cognitive
processes requiring cognitive restructuring. Cognitive restructuring, that is going beyond the …

Background Assessing consciousness in other subjects, particularly in non-verbal and
behaviourally disabled subjects (eg, patients with disorders of consciousness), is notoriously …