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意象，利用神经影像学揭示其大脑机制，并展示它如何影响认知。长期以来，人们一直怀疑心理意象会影响认知、视觉工作记忆和感知。然而，由于缺乏测量技术，显示这一点很困难。在这里，通过开发新颖的分析技术并将其应用于极端的意象、失语症（无意象）和超幻象（强烈而生动的意象）来克服这一问题。预期成果包括为几代科学家提供新的测量工具，了解图像的大脑机制，并展示我们的认知（记忆、风险、投资）如何受到心理图像的影响。