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Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference.

The Quanta Podcast

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Distinguishing Reality from Imagination

Exploring the Perky effect and competing hypotheses for how the brain distinguishes reality from imagination, along with the limitations of fMRI. Discusses a study on how the brain differentiates real and imagined images, and proposes mechanisms for regulating mental imagery.

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