Decoding Auditory Imagery with Multivoxel Pattern Analysis

Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California

Imagine the sound of a bell ringing. What is happening in the brain when we conjure up a sound like this in the "mind's ear?" There is growing evidence that the brain uses the same mechanisms for imaginat...

Auditory imagery is a process that gives rise to the experience of hearing sounds, even when there are no external auditory stimuli present.

For instance, think about hearing the sound of a cell phone ringing. While information within memory underlies this imaginary event, evidence suggests that an individual?s brain uses the same mechanis...