Mast, Fred W.; Merfeld, Daniel M.; Kosslyn, Stephen M. (2006). Visual mental imagery during caloric vestibular stimulation. Neuropsychologia, 44(1), pp. 101-109. Elsevier 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.04.005
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We investigated high-resolution mental imagery and mental rotation, while the participants received caloric vestibular stimulation. High-resolution visual mental imagery tasks have been shown to activate early visual cortex, which is deactivated by vestibular input. Thus, wepredicted that vestibular stimulation would disrupt high-resolution mental imagery; this prediction was confirmed. In addition, mental rotationtasks have been shown to activate posterior parietal cortex, which is also engaged in the processing of vestibular stimulation. As predicted,we also found that mental rotation is impaired during vestibular stimulation. In contrast, such stimulation did not affect performance of alow-imagery control task. These data document previously unsuspected interactions between the vestibular system and the high-level visualsystem.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Mast, Fred |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
0028-3932 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Jeannette Gatschet |
Date Deposited: |
02 Nov 2020 12:06 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:41 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.04.005 |
PubMed ID: |
15896815 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.147075 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/147075 |
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