Amanda K Robinson

Modelling perception as a hierarchical competition differentiates imagined, veridical, and hallucinated percepts.

Neuroscience of Consciousness 2023 Alexander A Sulfaro, Amanda K Robinson, Thomas A. Carlson

Mental imagery is a process by which thoughts become experienced with sensory characteristics. Yet, it is not clear why mental images appear diminished compared to veridical images, nor how mental images are phenomenologically distinct from hallucinations, another type of non-veridical sensory experience. Current evidence suggests that imagination and veridical perception share neural...