Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Subjective signal strength distinguishes reality from imagination

  • Nadine Dijkstra,
  • Stephen M. Fleming

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37322-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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How humans distinguish perception from mental imagery is not well understood. Here, the authors show that reality judgements are based on the intensity of a mixture of imagined and real signals.