S3 E02: Your Mind on Reality and Imagination with
Dr. Nadine Dijkstra
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How do we tell our imagination apart from reality? Although it may seem like a simple process we often get the two confused. This week Dr. Nadine Dijkstra shares with us her research on the reality threshold and how this helps us determine what is real and what is not! Ava and Beth discuss top-down and bottom-up processes in perception and how reality can seem blurry at times.
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Dr. Nadine Dijkstra
Research discussed
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Dijkstra, N., & Fleming, S. M. (2023). Subjective signal strength distinguishes reality from imagination. Nature Communications, 14(1), 1627.
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Dijkstra, N., Kok, P., & Fleming, S. M. (2022). Perceptual reality monitoring: Neural mechanisms dissociating imagination from reality. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 135, 104557.
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Dijkstra, N., Bosch, S. E., & van Gerven, M. A. (2019). Shared neural mechanisms of visual perception and imagery. Trends in cognitive sciences, 23(5), 423-434.
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Dijkstra, N., Zeidman, P., Ondobaka, S., van Gerven, M. A., & Friston, K. (2017). Distinct top-down and bottom-up brain connectivity during visual perception and imagery. Scientific reports, 7(1), 5677.
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Checker board illusion discussed
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