Involuntary mental rotation and visuospatial imagery from external control

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ID20410554
AuthorsDonish Cushing (0000-0002-9058-370X), 正志 伴丈 (corresponding author), Adam Gazzaley (0000-0002-1232-9431), Ezequiel Morsella (0000-0002-8649-5520)
Year2019
Volume75
Issue1993
Pages102809
Publication date2019-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueConsciousness and Cognition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-8100 • E-ISSN: 1090-2376
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.concog.2019.102809
OpenAlexW31522028
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited41

The Reflexive Imagery Task (RIT) was developed to investigate the entry into consciousness of involuntary imagery. Subjects are presented with objects and instructed to not think of the names of the objects. Involuntary subvocalizations arise on many trials. RIT effects reveal the capacities of involuntary processing. These cognitions do not require symbol manipulation. Can mental rotation and visuospatial imagery, too, arise in this involuntary manner? In the mental rotation task, subjects were first taught to mentally rotate two-dimensional objects. Subjects were then instructed to not mentally rotate objects. In the chess task, subjects were taught how to move in their minds objects in specified ways, much as one could imagine how chess pieces move on a chessboard. Subjects were then instructed to not have such visuospatial imagery. For both tasks, involuntary imagery occurred on a substantial proportion of trials, revealing that symbol manipulation can be influenced involuntarily through external control

Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction · Geology

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