Seeing more than schemas: the vmPFC represents imagery-rich mental scenarios

Mental imagery varies dramatically across individuals, from vivid scene construction to the complete absence of visual experience, as seen in aphantasia. While the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) is traditionally associated with abstract, schematic representations, emerging theories suggest i...

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Published in:Neuropsychologia 2026-02, Vol.222, p.109370, Article 109370
Main Authors: Achmed Ali, Sorit, Leelaarporn, Pitshaporn, Stirnberger, Rüdiger, Bilzer, Maren, Abdel Kafi, Nadja, Taube, Julia, Sagik, Yilmaz, McCormick, Cornelia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Brain Mapping
Concept Formation - physiology
Eye-Tracking Technology
Female
Hippocampus
Humans
Imagination - physiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Multivoxel pattern analysis
Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology
Prefrontal Cortex - diagnostic imaging
Prefrontal Cortex - physiology
Scene construction
Semantic processing
Semantics
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Visual cortex
Young Adult
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