Project description
Visual experience: reality vs imagination
A visual experience can be triggered by an external stimulus during perception or by a memory through mental imagery. Although these processes share similar neural mechanisms in the brain, we generally do not mistake imagination for reality. The EU-funded RealOrImagined project wishes to investigate the mechanism our brain uses to decide whether a visual experience is real or imagined. Using cutting-edge neuro-imaging techniques, scientists will assess how different brain areas work together to attribute the source of sensory signals and track external reality. The project’s findings will improve our understanding of how visual experience is created and have important implications for cases in which this process goes wrong, such as hallucinations.
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
Coordinator
WC1E 6BT London
United Kingdom
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