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SUBMITTER: Schlegel A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3791746 | biostudies-other | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Schlegel Alexander A Kohler Peter J PJ Fogelson Sergey V SV Alexander Prescott P Konuthula Dedeepya D Tse Peter Ulric PU
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130916 40
The conscious manipulation of mental representations is central to many creative and uniquely human abilities. How does the human brain mediate such flexible mental operations? Here, multivariate pattern analysis of functional MRI data reveals a widespread neural network that performs specific mental manipulations on the contents of visual imagery. Evolving patterns of neural activity within this mental workspace track the sequence of informational transformations carried out by these manipulati ...[more]