Between-subject variability in the influence of mental imagery on conscious perception.

ABSTRACT: Mental imagery and visual perception rely on similar neural mechanisms, but the function of this overlap remains unclear. One idea is that imagery can influence perception. Previous research has shown that imagining a stimulus prior to binocular presentation of rivalling stimuli increases the chance of perceiving the imagined stimulus. In this study we investigated how this effect interacts with bottom-up sensory input by comparing psychometric response curves for congruent and incongruent imagery in humans. A Bayesian hierarchical model was used, allowing us to simultaneously study group-level effects as well as effects for individual participants. We found strong effects of both imagery as well as its interaction with sensory evidence within individual participants. However, the directio

SUBMITTER: Dijkstra N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821778 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature