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S3E02 Your Mind on Reality and Imagination, with Dr Nadine Dijkstra

Minds Matter

CHAPTER

The Interplay of Imagination and Perception

This chapter delves into the fascinating relationship between imagination and perception. It explores the concept of top-down and bottom-up processing in mental imagery and sensory perception, highlighting the role of prior knowledge, context, and neural connections. The chapter also discusses intriguing experiments that reveal how easily our brain can confuse reality with imagination.

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