🎨 visual mental representation

Francis Galton used __________ to study mental imagery

Introspection

What is the concept of 'time-measuring’?

When participants are asked to manipulate a mental image while the experimenter times them

What are demand characteristics?

Cues in an experiment that might signal to participants how they are expected or ‘supposed’ to behave

What is binocular rivalry?

Occurs when two visual stimuli are presented, one to each eye

The ______ areas used for early visual processing are also active during visual imagery

Occipital

_____________ regions respond when people imagine faces and motion

Face and motion

What does TMS stand for?

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

What is the difference between visual and spatial imagery?

Visual - concerns appearance (e.g., colour of bathroom door)

Spatial - concerns layout (e.g., whether your mailbox is to the right or left of the door)

What is aphantasia?

When people lack the capacity for visualisation

_______ imagery is known as photographic memory

Eidetic