Understanding the role of mental imagery in cognition and behaviour

了解心理意象在认知和行为中的作用

• 批准号: FT220100388
• 负责人: Prof Joel Pearson
• 金额: $ 75.32万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT220100388
• 关键词: Understanding; role; mental; imagery; cognition

This project aims to develop objective physiological methods to measure mental imagery, uncover its brain mechanisms using neuroimaging and show how it biases cognition. It has long been suspected that mental imagery biases cognition, visual working memory and perception. However, showing this has been difficult due to a lack of measurement techniques. Here this is overcome by developing novel assay technologies and applying them to the extremes of imagery, Aphantasia (no imagery) and Hyperphantasia (strong and vivid imagery). Expected outcomes include new measurement tools for generations of scientists, understanding the brain mechanisms of imagery and showing how our cognition (memory, risk, investing) is biased by mental imagery.

该项目旨在开发客观的生理方法来测量心理图像，使用神经影像学发现其大脑机制，并展示其如何偏见认知。长期以来，人们一直怀疑心理图像会偏见认知，视觉工作记忆和感知。但是，由于缺乏测量技术，这表明这很困难。在这里，通过开发新颖的测定技术并将其应用于图像，宽敞的（无图像）和心phantasia（强大而生动的图像）来克服这一点。预期的结果包括几代科学家的新测量工具，了解图像的大脑机制，并显示我们的认知（记忆，风险，投资）如何偏向心理图像。