Effect of images in six sense modalities on detection of visual signal from noise

Segal, Sydney Joelson; Fusella, Vincent

doi:10.3758/bf03337889

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“…Nonetheless, some caution might be necessary here, as the design cannot exclude generalized imagery effects that might have produced the same result irrespective of modality. That is, attempts to visualize "ham" might have the same consequence as attempting to imagine its smell (see Segal & Fusella, 1971, for a conceptually similar issue in a visual task).…”

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Olfactory imagery: A review

Stevenson

Case

2005

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

114

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Olfaction's unique cognitive architecture, the apparently inconsistent evidence favoring imagery, and its difficulty of evocation have led some to conclude that there is no capacity for olfactory imagery. Using three streams of evidence, we examine the validity of this claim. First, self-reports of olfactory imagery can resemble those obtained for actual perception. Second, imagining an odor can produce effects similar to actual perception. Third, olfactory perception and memory-based images can interact. A model of olfactory imagery is then presented that utilizes the same systems employed in actual perception, with similar constraints. This model is consistent with olfaction's unique information-processing capacities and can account for previous experimental inconsistencies on the basis of difficulty of evocation, a consequence of unstable access to semantic information. In sum, the evidence presented here is favorable to the existence of an olfactory imagery capacity.

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Olfactory imagery: A review

Stevenson

Case

2005

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

114

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“…As early as 1910, Perky reported that imagination interfered with perception of real stimuli, in that her observers demonstrated an elevated detection threshold following instructions to imagine particular objects: Despite the presence of real stimuli on every trial, observers reported appropriate stimulus properties in terms of having imagined, rather than of having perceived, the stimuli presented. Segal and her co-workers (Segal & Fusella, 1970, 1971 replicated and extended the Perky effect using more rigorous experimental methods based on signal detection theory. They reported that the perceptual impairment produced by imagined stimuli is indexed by modality-specific changes in sensitivity (d'), with no concomitant change in response bias ([3).…”

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The influence of imagery ability on color aftereffects produced by physically present and imagined induction stimuli

Broerse¹,

Crassini

1980

Perception & Psychophysics

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Two methods of induction were used to produce orientation-contingent color aftereffects for observers assigned to one of three groups (high, medium, and low) on the basis of self-rated imagery ability. In Experiment 1, observers were required to make magnitude estimates of color aftereffects following inspection of stimulus patterns normally used to produce McCollough effects (e.g., red vertical contours, green horizontal contours). Experiment 2 was a partial replication of Experiment 1, with additional induction conditions in which observers were required to imagine the presence of appropriately oriented contours when particular homogeneous color patches were presented. The results indicated that self-rated imagery ability was not a significant factor in differentiating between observers' performance when orthodox induction procedures were used (Experiment 1). In addition, there were no reliable indications (Experiment 2) that imagined stimulus attributes can be effectively substituted for real stimulus attributes in order to produce orientation-contingent color aftereffects. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the use of imagery-induced perceptual phenomena as a paradigm for investigating the possibility of common neural mechanisms in perception and imagination; in addition, the general implications of the results for understanding the functional significance of self-reported imagery ability are examined.Current empirical investigation of,and theoretical speculation about, the phenomenon of imagery is focused on two closely related issues. The first is concerned with the nature of the mental representations underlying imagery and incorporates the debate between those who argue that "visual imagery is encoded in terms of properties that are quite spatial and modality specific" and others who consider that "imagery is encoded in an abstract propositional format and that this same format is used to encode verbal information" (Anderson, 1978, pp. 249-250; see also Kosslyn & Pomerantz, 1977). The second issue involves the relationship between perception and imagination; Hebb (1968), for example, proposed that common neural mechanisms are involved in

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“…In modern cognitive science, an important question concerns the format of mental representations on which various cognitive processes-such as thinking, memory, or language-are operating. Despite the majority of imagery research referring to the visual domain, it is now acknowledged that imagery-a quasiperceptual experience-is a basic feature with regard to all senses: olfactory imagery, haptic imagery, motor imagery, and, most important for the current study-auditory imagery (Djordjevic, Zatorre, Petrides, Boyle, & Jones-Gotman, 2005;Djordjevic, Zatorre, Petrides, & JonesGotman, 2004;Halpern & Zatorre, 1999;Klatzky, Lederman, & Matula, 1991;Kraemer, Macrae, Green, & Kelley, 2005;Segal & Fusella, 1971;Stevenson & Case, 2005).…”

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The Sounds of Sentences: Differentiating the Influence of Physical Sound, Sound Imagery, and Linguistically Implied Sounds on Physical Sound Processing

Dudschig

Mackenzie

Strozyk

et al. 2016

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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Both the imagery literature and grounded models of language comprehension emphasize the tight coupling of high-level cognitive processes, such as forming a mental image of something or language understanding, and low-level sensorimotor processes in the brain. In an electrophysiological study, imagery and language processes were directly compared and the sensory associations of processing linguistically implied sounds or imagined sounds were investigated. Participants read sentences describing auditory events (e.g., BThe dog barks^), heard a physical (environmental) sound, or had to imagine such a sound. We examined the influence of the 3 sound conditions (linguistic, physical, imagery) on subsequent physical sound processing. Event-related potential (ERP) difference waveforms indicated that in all 3 conditions, prime compatibility influenced physical sound processing. The earliest compatibility effect was observed in the physical condition, starting in the 80-110 ms time interval with a negative maximum over occipital electrode sites. In contrast, the linguistic and the imagery condition elicited compatibility effects starting in the 180-220 ms time window with a maximum over central electrode sites. In line with the ERPs, the analysis of the oscillatory activity showed that compatibility influenced early theta and alpha band power changes in the physical, but not in the linguistic and imagery, condition. These dissociations were further confirmed by dipole localization results showing a clear separation between the source of the compatibility effect in the physical sound condition (superior temporal area) and the source of the compatibility effect triggered by the linguistically implied sounds or the imagined sounds (inferior temporal area). Implications for grounded models of language understanding are discussed.

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Effect of images in six sense modalities on detection of visual signal from noise

Cited by 28 publications

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Olfactory imagery: A review

Olfactory imagery: A review

The influence of imagery ability on color aftereffects produced by physically present and imagined induction stimuli

The Sounds of Sentences: Differentiating the Influence of Physical Sound, Sound Imagery, and Linguistically Implied Sounds on Physical Sound Processing

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