Interactions between the neural correlates of dispositional internally directed thought and visual imagery.

ABSTRACT: Cognition is not always directed to the events in the here and now and we often self-generate thoughts and images in imagination. Important aspects of these self-generated experiences are associated with various dispositional traits. In this study, we explored whether these psychological associations relate to a common underlying neurocognitive mechanism. We acquired resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from a large cohort of participants and asked them to retrospectively report their experience during the scan. Participants also completed questionnaires reflecting a range of dispositional traits. We found thoughts emphasizing visual imagery at rest were associated with dispositional tendency towards internally directed attention (self-consciousness and attentional prob

SUBMITTER: Karapanagiotidis T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7741082 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature