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ArticleCognitive processing2021

The prioritization of visuo-spatial associations during mental imagery.

Hafidah Umar, Fred W Mast, Trix Cacchione, Corinna S Martarelli

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Article in Cognitive processing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Hafidah UmarDepartment of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Fred W MastDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Trix CacchioneDepartment of Developmental Psychology, School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch, Switzerland.
Corinna S MartarelliFaculty of Psychology, Swiss Distance University Institute, Brig, Switzerland. corinna.martarelli@fernuni.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9160-793X

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Ministry of Education Malaysia KPT(BS)850610065436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While previous research has shown that during mental imagery participants look back to areas visited during encoding it is unclear what happens when information presented during encoding is incongruent. To investigate this research question, we presented 30 participants with incongruent audio-visual associations (e.g. the image of a car paired with the sound of a cat) and later asked them to create a congruent mental representation based on the auditory cue (e.g. to create a mental representation of a cat while hearing the sound of a cat). The results revealed that participants spent more time in the areas where they previously saw the object and that incongruent audio-visual information during encoding did not appear to interfere with the generation and maintenance of mental images. This finding suggests that eye movements can be flexibly employed during mental imagery depending on the demands of the task.

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Eye MovementsImagery, PsychotherapyAnimalsCatsHumansSoundVisual PerceptionAudio-visual integrationCorresponding area effectEye movementsLooking back to nothing effectVisual mental imagery

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