the Imagine Reality Lab

Cognitive Neuroscience of Imagination and Reality Monitoring

Key publications

  • Dijkstra, N., & Fleming, S. (2023). Subjective signal strength distinguishes imagination and reality. Nature Communications, 14, 1627.
  • Dijkstra, N., Kok, P., & Fleming, S. (2022). Perceptual reality monitoring: neural mechanisms dissociating imagination from reality. Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews, 104557
  • Dijkstra, N., Ambrogioni, L., Vidaurre, D. & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2020). Neural dynamics of perceptual inference and its reversal during imagery. eLife, e53588.
  • Dijkstra, N., Bosch, S.E., & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2019). Shared neural mechanisms of visual perception and imagery. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(5), 423-434

All publications

Preprints

  • Slinn, C., Nikodemova, Z., Rosinski, A., & Slinn, C. & Dijkstra, N. Vividness of visual imagery predicts performance on a visual working memory task when an imagery strategy is encouraged. PsyArXiv

2024

  • Dijkstra, N., Warrington, O. Kok, P. & Fleming, S. (2024). Distinguishing neural correlates of prediction errors on perceptual content and detection of content. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-16.
  • Dijkstra, N., Convertino, L., & Garfinkel, S. (2024). How disrupted interoception could lead to disturbances in perceptual reality monitoring. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 29(4), 219-227.
  • Dijkstra, N., Mazor, M., & Fleming (2024). Confidence ratings do not distinguish imagination and reality. Journal of Vision, 24(5), 13-23
  • Barnett, B., Andersen, L.M., Fleming, S.*, & Dijkstra, N.* (2024) Identifying content-invariant neural signatures of phenomenal magnitude. PNASNexus
  • Dijkstra, N., (2024). Uncovering the role of the early visual cortex in visual mental imagery. Vision, 8(2), 29
  • Dijkstra, N., (2024). Nuancing the heterarchical theory of visual mental imagery. Physics of Life Reviews, 49, 10-11.

2023

  • Dijkstra, N., & Fleming, S. (2023). Subjective signal strength distinguishes imagination and reality. Nature Communications, 14, 1627.

2022

  • Dijkstra, N., Kok, P., & Fleming, S. (2022). Perceptual reality monitoring: neural mechanisms dissociating imagination from reality. Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews, 104557.
  • Dijkstra, N., Kok, P., & Fleming, S. (2022). Imagery adds stimulus-specific sensory evidence to perceptual detection. Journal of Vision, 22 (2), 11

2021

  • Dijkstra, N., van Gaal, S., Geerligs, L., Bosch, S., & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2021). No evidence for neural overlap between unconsciously processed and imagined stimuli. eNeuro, 8 (5)
  • Dijkstra, N., Mazor, M., Kok, P., Fleming, S. (2021). Mistaking imagery for perception: Congruent mental imagery leads to more liberal perceptual detection. Cognition, 212, 1-9.

2020

  • Dijkstra, N., Ambrogioni, L., Vidaurre, D. & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2020). Neural dynamics of perceptual inference and its reversal during imagery. eLife, e53588.

2019

  • Dijkstra, N., Bosch, S.E., & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2019). Shared neural mechanisms of visual perception and imagery. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(5), 423-434
  • Dijkstra, N., Hinne, M., Bosch, S.E. & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2019). Between-subject variability in the influence of mental imagery on conscious perception. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-10. 

2018

  • Dijkstra, N., Mostert, P., de Lange, F.P., Bosch, S., & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2018) Differential temporal dynamics during visual imagery and perception. eLife, e33904.

2017

  • Dijkstra, N., Zeidman, P., Ondobaka, S., van Gerven, M.A.J., & Friston, K.  (2017). Distinct top-down and bottom-up brain connectivity during visual perception and imagery. Scientific Reports, 7, 5677.
  • Dijkstra, N., Bosch, S., & van Gerven (2017). Vividness of visual imagery depends on the neural overlap with perception in visual areas. Journal of Neuroscience, 37: 1367-1373.

2016

  • Dijkstra, N., & de Bruin, L. (2016). Cognitive neuroscience and causal inference: implications for psychiatry. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 129.
  • Dijkstra, N., van de Niewenhuijzen, M., & van Gerven, M.A.J. (2016). The spatiotemporal dynamics of binocular rivalry: evidence for increased top-down flow prior to a perceptual switch. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 1-9