Welcome! We are a cognitive neuroscience lab based at the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (the FIL) at University College London, led by Nadine Dijkstra. We study how our brain gives rise to the mental images that we see in our imagination, to what extent imagining relies on the same neural mechanisms as perceiving the external world, how, given these shared mechanisms, our brain keeps imagination and reality apart, and how changes in these processes could affect mental health. To answer these questions, we use a combination of neuroimaging, machine learning, psychophysics and computational modelling. For examples of the research we do, see research and publications.
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