Visual mental imagery and visual perception: Structural equivalence revealed by scanning processes

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 849-862

  Borst, Gregoire ^a,b   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LONG TERM MEMORY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 46449093461     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.4.849     Document Type: Article

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