Vividness, Consciousness and Mental Imagery: A Start on Connecting the Dots

D’Angiulli, Amedeo

doi:10.3390/brainsci10080500

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“…The extent to which the various operationalizations agree then provides evidence for the unity and usefulness of the concept of vividness, despite its inherent subjectivity. This approach makes vividness a construct that permits to interface first-person and third-person psychological functions, therefore, central to consciousness [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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Multidisciplinary Intersections on Artificial-Human Vividness: Phenomenology, Representation, and the Brain

Molokopoy

2022

Brain Sciences

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This article will explore the expressivity and tractability of vividness, as viewed from the interdisciplinary perspective of the cognitive sciences, including the sub-disciplines of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and phenomenology. Following the precursor work by Benussi in experimental phenomenology, seminal papers by David Marks in psychology and, later, Hector Levesque in computer science, a substantial part of the discussion has been around a symbolic approach to the concept of vividness. At the same time, a similar concept linked to semantic memory, imagery, and mental models has had a long history in cognitive psychology, with new emerging links to cognitive neuroscience. More recently, there is a push towards neural-symbolic representations which allows room for the integration of brain models of vividness to a symbolic concept of vividness. Such works lead to question the phenomenology of vividness in the context of consciousness, and the related ethical concerns. The purpose of this paper is to review the state of the art, advances, and further potential developments of artificial-human vividness while laying the ground for a shared conceptual platform for dialogue, communication, and debate across all the relevant sub-disciplines. Within such context, an important goal of the paper is to define the crucial role of vividness in grounding simulation and modeling within the psychology (and neuroscience) of human reasoning.

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Section: Vividness In Natural Cognitionmentioning

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Multidisciplinary Intersections on Artificial-Human Vividness: Phenomenology, Representation, and the Brain

Molokopoy

2022

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A Systematic Review of Aphantasia: Concept, Measurement, Neural Basis, and Theory Development

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Hsu,

2024

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People with aphantasia exhibit the inability to voluntarily generate or form mental imagery in their minds. Since the term “aphantasia” was proposed to describe this, it has gained increasing attention from psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and clinicians. Previous studies have mainly focused on the definition, prevalence, and measurement of aphantasia, its impacts on individuals’ cognitive and emotional processing, and theoretical frameworks synthesizing existing findings, which have contributed greatly to our understanding of aphantasia. However, there are still some debates regarding the conclusions derived from existing research and the theories that were constructed from various sources of evidence. Building upon existing endeavors, this systematic review emphasizes that future research is much needed to refine the definition and diagnosis of aphantasia, strengthen empirical investigations at behavioral and neural levels, and, more importantly, develop or update theories. These multiple lines of efforts could lead to a deeper understanding of aphantasia and further guide researchers in future research directions.

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Vividness, Consciousness and Mental Imagery: A Start on Connecting the Dots

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Multidisciplinary Intersections on Artificial-Human Vividness: Phenomenology, Representation, and the Brain

Multidisciplinary Intersections on Artificial-Human Vividness: Phenomenology, Representation, and the Brain

A Systematic Review of Aphantasia: Concept, Measurement, Neural Basis, and Theory Development

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