Alfredo Spagna

Visual mental imagery in typical imagers and in aphantasia: A millimeter-scale 7-T fMRI study Most of us effortlessly describe visual objects, whether seen or remembered. Yet, around 4% of people report congenital aphantasia: they struggle to visualize objects despite being able to describe th...

Visual mental imagery in typical imagers and in #aphantasia: A millimeter-scale 7-T fMRI study www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by @zhanminye.bsky.social @alfredospagna.bsky.social @standehaene.bsky.social et al.; #neuroscience

11.12.2024 14:19 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

This hybrid event features an interactive art experience, a book presentation (Ways of Thinking and Imagining), + a panel with:
--> Steve Fleming (UCL)
--> Sarah Shomstein (GW)
--> Tom Ebeyer (Aphantasia Network) & moderation by Alfredo Spagna (Columbia)

07.04.2025 23:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination Join us at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Wed, April 9, for a reflection on human imagination and mental images.

** SOLD OUT ** but zoom option available!

Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination

www.eventbrite.com/e/imagine-th...

Join us Wednesday, April 9th at 5:00 PM at the Jerome Greene Science Center for an exploration of human imagination, mental images, and aphantasia.

07.04.2025 23:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Since visual mental imagery requires at least drawing visual images from memory & making them available for experience there’s no need for either/or - aphantasia could arise from deficits in visual memory or w/ processing of visual priors as you suggest re: heterogeneity @alfredospagna.bsky.social

12.02.2025 13:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

😭😭😭😭 tis the season…. TY notes, always make my day… ❤️

06.12.2023 20:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Full House last week (11/1) for Gabriella Bottini and Eraldo Paulesu’s talks at the Columbia University Psychology Department Colloquium.
Great talks and great follow up convos during the Department reception.

08.11.2023 00:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hahahah EXACTLY :) benvenuta Athena!

26.10.2023 22:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here are the slides of my talk on: "The role of Frontoparietal Attention Networks in conscious perception and voluntary imagination". I wanted to thank the organizers of the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social, Camille Gasser & Herb Terrace. t.co/z0ggWnu6BF

24.10.2023 12:36 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Check out our latest paper: Colors in the mind’s eye.

A Cortex single case study found intact mental imagery for colors in a patient with cerebral achromatopsia.

Preprint here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/is6pm...

23.10.2023 15:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This evening's read: Dubey A, Markowitz DA, Pesaran B. Top-down control of exogenous attentional selection is mediated by beta coherence in prefrontal cortex.

www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S...

23.10.2023 00:46 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Pretty sad prompts this weekend. This is not the face of science I usually like to draw but it's important to talk about this stuff
20. IVORY TOWER
21. BARRIER
22. STEREOTYPE
#SciCommInk #drawingchallenge #SciComm #sciart #inktober

22.10.2023 13:06 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.

A MUST watch..

www.killersoftheflowermoonmovie.com

22.10.2023 03:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Next frontiers in consciousness research Consciousness science has matured over the past three decades and is currently on the cusp of explosive growth, with the potential to transform medicine and technology. The global community recently m...

This evening’s read: “next frontiers in consciousness research” by @biyuhe.bsky.social .

Find it here:

www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

19.10.2023 02:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well, hello everyone on bluesky! Here is what I’m reading today (new account, new area of interest).

“Becoming an academic entrepreneur: how scientists develop an entrepreneurial identity” Hayter et al 2022, JTT.

Check it out, and follow me for more recipes 😂 🇮🇹🍝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

17.10.2023 01:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0