Alfredo Spagna
@alfredospagna.bsky.social
Cognitive Neuroscientist @ Columbia University. Attention | Perception | Imagination.
Reposted by Alfredo Spagna
Visual mental imagery in typical imagers and in #aphantasia: A millimeter-scale 7-T fMRI study www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by @zhanminye.bsky.social @alfredospagna.bsky.social @standehaene.bsky.social et al.; #neuroscience
Visual mental imagery in typical imagers and in aphantasia: A millimeter-scale 7-T fMRI study
Most of us effortlessly describe visual objects, whether seen or remembered. Yet, around 4% of people report congenital aphantasia: they struggle to visualize objects despite being able to describe th...
www.biorxiv.org
December 11, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Visual mental imagery in typical imagers and in #aphantasia: A millimeter-scale 7-T fMRI study www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by @zhanminye.bsky.social @alfredospagna.bsky.social @standehaene.bsky.social et al.; #neuroscience
** SOLD OUT ** but zoom option available!
Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination
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Join us Wednesday, April 9th at 5:00 PM at the Jerome Greene Science Center for an exploration of human imagination, mental images, and aphantasia.
Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination
www.eventbrite.com/e/imagine-th...
Join us Wednesday, April 9th at 5:00 PM at the Jerome Greene Science Center for an exploration of human imagination, mental images, and aphantasia.
Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination
Join us at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Wed, April 9, for a reflection on human imagination and mental images.
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April 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
** SOLD OUT ** but zoom option available!
Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination
www.eventbrite.com/e/imagine-th...
Join us Wednesday, April 9th at 5:00 PM at the Jerome Greene Science Center for an exploration of human imagination, mental images, and aphantasia.
Imagine This: Reflections on Human Imagination
www.eventbrite.com/e/imagine-th...
Join us Wednesday, April 9th at 5:00 PM at the Jerome Greene Science Center for an exploration of human imagination, mental images, and aphantasia.
Reposted by Alfredo Spagna
Since visual mental imagery requires at least drawing visual images from memory & making them available for experience there’s no need for either/or - aphantasia could arise from deficits in visual memory or w/ processing of visual priors as you suggest re: heterogeneity @alfredospagna.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Since visual mental imagery requires at least drawing visual images from memory & making them available for experience there’s no need for either/or - aphantasia could arise from deficits in visual memory or w/ processing of visual priors as you suggest re: heterogeneity @alfredospagna.bsky.social
😭😭😭😭 tis the season…. TY notes, always make my day… ❤️
December 6, 2023 at 8:00 PM
😭😭😭😭 tis the season…. TY notes, always make my day… ❤️
Full House last week (11/1) for Gabriella Bottini and Eraldo Paulesu’s talks at the Columbia University Psychology Department Colloquium.
Great talks and great follow up convos during the Department reception.
Great talks and great follow up convos during the Department reception.
November 8, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Full House last week (11/1) for Gabriella Bottini and Eraldo Paulesu’s talks at the Columbia University Psychology Department Colloquium.
Great talks and great follow up convos during the Department reception.
Great talks and great follow up convos during the Department reception.
Hahahah EXACTLY :) benvenuta Athena!
Shocked by how familiar bluesky feels like.
October 26, 2023 at 10:15 PM
Hahahah EXACTLY :) benvenuta Athena!
Here are the slides of my talk on: "The role of Frontoparietal Attention Networks in conscious perception and voluntary imagination". I wanted to thank the organizers of the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social, Camille Gasser & Herb Terrace. t.co/z0ggWnu6BF
October 24, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Here are the slides of my talk on: "The role of Frontoparietal Attention Networks in conscious perception and voluntary imagination". I wanted to thank the organizers of the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social, Camille Gasser & Herb Terrace. t.co/z0ggWnu6BF
Check out our latest paper: Colors in the mind’s eye.
A Cortex single case study found intact mental imagery for colors in a patient with cerebral achromatopsia.
Preprint here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/is6pm...
A Cortex single case study found intact mental imagery for colors in a patient with cerebral achromatopsia.
Preprint here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/is6pm...
October 23, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Check out our latest paper: Colors in the mind’s eye.
A Cortex single case study found intact mental imagery for colors in a patient with cerebral achromatopsia.
Preprint here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/is6pm...
A Cortex single case study found intact mental imagery for colors in a patient with cerebral achromatopsia.
Preprint here:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/is6pm...
This evening's read: Dubey A, Markowitz DA, Pesaran B. Top-down control of exogenous attentional selection is mediated by beta coherence in prefrontal cortex.
www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S...
www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S...
October 23, 2023 at 12:46 AM
This evening's read: Dubey A, Markowitz DA, Pesaran B. Top-down control of exogenous attentional selection is mediated by beta coherence in prefrontal cortex.
www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S...
www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S...
Reposted by Alfredo Spagna
Pretty sad prompts this weekend. This is not the face of science I usually like to draw but it's important to talk about this stuff
20. IVORY TOWER
21. BARRIER
22. STEREOTYPE
#SciCommInk #drawingchallenge #SciComm #sciart #inktober
20. IVORY TOWER
21. BARRIER
22. STEREOTYPE
#SciCommInk #drawingchallenge #SciComm #sciart #inktober
October 22, 2023 at 1:06 PM
Pretty sad prompts this weekend. This is not the face of science I usually like to draw but it's important to talk about this stuff
20. IVORY TOWER
21. BARRIER
22. STEREOTYPE
#SciCommInk #drawingchallenge #SciComm #sciart #inktober
20. IVORY TOWER
21. BARRIER
22. STEREOTYPE
#SciCommInk #drawingchallenge #SciComm #sciart #inktober
Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.
A MUST watch..
www.killersoftheflowermoonmovie.com
A MUST watch..
www.killersoftheflowermoonmovie.com
October 22, 2023 at 3:23 AM
Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.
A MUST watch..
www.killersoftheflowermoonmovie.com
A MUST watch..
www.killersoftheflowermoonmovie.com
This evening’s read: “next frontiers in consciousness research” by @biyuhe.bsky.social .
Find it here:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Find it here:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Next frontiers in consciousness research
Consciousness science has matured over the past three decades and is currently on
the cusp of explosive growth, with the potential to transform medicine and technology.
The global community recently m...
www.cell.com
October 19, 2023 at 2:34 AM
This evening’s read: “next frontiers in consciousness research” by @biyuhe.bsky.social .
Find it here:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Find it here:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Well, hello everyone on bluesky! Here is what I’m reading today (new account, new area of interest).
“Becoming an academic entrepreneur: how scientists develop an entrepreneurial identity” Hayter et al 2022, JTT.
Check it out, and follow me for more recipes 😂 🇮🇹🍝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“Becoming an academic entrepreneur: how scientists develop an entrepreneurial identity” Hayter et al 2022, JTT.
Check it out, and follow me for more recipes 😂 🇮🇹🍝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 17, 2023 at 1:24 AM
Well, hello everyone on bluesky! Here is what I’m reading today (new account, new area of interest).
“Becoming an academic entrepreneur: how scientists develop an entrepreneurial identity” Hayter et al 2022, JTT.
Check it out, and follow me for more recipes 😂 🇮🇹🍝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“Becoming an academic entrepreneur: how scientists develop an entrepreneurial identity” Hayter et al 2022, JTT.
Check it out, and follow me for more recipes 😂 🇮🇹🍝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...