Joel Pearson

TL;DR: Recent insights into the neural mechanisms that underlie visual imagery are discussed, how imagery can be objectively and reliably measured, and how it affects general cognition are discussed.

TL;DR: It is reported that functional networks of thehuman brain are predicted by harmonic patterns, ubiquitous throughout nature, steered by the anatomy of the human cerebral cortex, the human connectome, in a new frequency-specific representation of cortical activity, that is called ‘connectome harmonics’.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that imagery, in the absence of any incoming visual signals, leads to the formation of a short-term sensory trace that can bias future perception, suggesting a means by which high-level processes that support imagination and memory retrieval may shape low-level sensory representations.

TL;DR: Sensory imagery in subjectively self-diagnosed aphantasics is measured, using the binocular rivalry paradigm, as well as measuring their self-rated object and spatial imagery with multiple questionnaires, which suggest that aphantasia is a condition involving a lack of sensory and phenomenal imagery, and not a loss of metacognition.