News tagged with perceptual experience

Remembrance of things future: Long-term memory sets the stage for visual perception

(Medical Xpress) -- Rather than being a passive state, perception is an active process fueled by predictions and expectations about our environment. In the latter case, memory must be a fundamental component ...

Neuroscience Dec 28, 2011 | 3.8 / 5 (16) | 4 |

Why does vivid memory 'feel so real?' Real perceptual experience, mental replay share similar brain activation patterns

Neuroscientists have found strong evidence that vivid memory and directly experiencing the real moment can trigger similar brain activation patterns.

Neuroscience Jul 23, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0 |