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    Neuropsychologia
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    Visual imagery suppresses eye movements and alpha brainwaves, but affects both brain hemispheres equally, challenging the notion that it is solely a right-hemisphere function.

    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Neuroscience
    • Neurophysiology

    Background:

    • Visual imagery plays a crucial role in human cognition.
    • Its neural underpinnings, particularly hemispheric lateralization, are debated.
    • Previous theories suggest visual imagery is predominantly a right cerebral hemisphere function.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the neural correlates of visual imagery.
    • To examine the effect of visual imagery on eye movements and electroencephalography (EEG) signals.
    • To determine the hemispheric lateralization of visual imagery processing.

    Main Methods:

    • Recording of saccadic eye movements and temporoparietal EEG in human subjects.
    • Subjects responded to questions requiring different levels of visual imagery.
    • Analysis of eye-movement rate and alpha-band EEG activity in relation to question type.

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    Main Results:

    • A suppressed eye-movement rate was observed during high-imagery questions.
    • Suppressed alpha-band EEG output indicated increased neural activity during visual imagery.
    • No significant interaction between question type and hemisphere was found, suggesting bilateral effects.

    Conclusions:

    • Visual imagery is associated with reduced eye movements and altered alpha-band activity.
    • The findings challenge the traditional view of visual imagery as a right-hemisphere-dominant function.
    • Visual imagery processing appears to involve both cerebral hemispheres relatively equally.