Generic assumptions shared by visual perception and imagery

What is difficult to imagine is also surprising to perceive. This indicates that active visual imagery is an integral part of active visual perception. Erroneous mental transformations provide clues to prior assumptions in visual imagery, just as visual illusions provide clues to perceptual assumpti...

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Published inThe Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 215 - 216
Main Authors Zaidi, Qasim, Griffiths, A. Fuzz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.04.2002
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Mental task performance
Visual perception
Visual system
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Summary:What is difficult to imagine is also surprising to perceive. This indicates that active visual imagery is an integral part of active visual perception. Erroneous mental transformations provide clues to prior assumptions in visual imagery, just as visual illusions provide clues to perceptual assumptions. Visual imagery and perception share generic assumptions about invariants in images of rigid objects.
Bibliography:istex:72ECA68D998EA4C5B817BCE78F8912C2FE48019C
PII:S0140525X02550044
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ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X02550044