title: Imagery and visual working memory: one and the same?
abstract: Although visual imagery and visual working memory are both defined by the ability to actively represent and manipulate visual information, it is not known whether they rely on common mechanisms. A recent study by Albers and colleagues directly investigates this issue, finding evidence of common internal representations in early visual areas.
authors: Psychology Department and Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA. Electronic address: frank.tong@vanderbilt.edu.
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Tong
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*
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