Neural decoding of autobiographical mental image features with a general semantic model.

ABSTRACT: To what extent does language comprehension engage the same brain areas that enable one to imagine autobiographical experiences? Traditionally, these two abilities have been thought to recruit largely separate neurocognitive systems, namely the semantic system - involving lateral aspects of the temporal, parietal, and frontal lobes - and the autobiographic/episodic system, primarily involving midline cortical areas and the hippocampus. Here, we provide evidence of shared representations elicited in sentence comprehension and self-generated autobiographical mental imagery that are most prominent in midline regions and present in both sets of cortical areas. Fifty participants who imagined their unique experiences of twenty common scenarios while undergoing functional Magnetic Resonance Imagi

SUBMITTER: Anderson AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12714718 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature