New Paper: The vividness of visualisations & autistic trait expression are not strongly associated Evidence suggests Autism / Aphantasia links have been overstated by a circular logic (the most popular Autistic trait measure has questions about imagery).

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New Paper: Don't think of a pink elephant: Individual differences in visualisation predict involuntary imagery and its neural correlates People with vivid visual imaginations are less able to suppress involuntary visualisations.

@BlakeSaurels @sampendu @liz_pellicano @_aphantasia In a surprising turn of events, given my complete inability to read or write in Spanish, this piece is now available.... in Spanish

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@ARC_Tracker I think the ARC are already struggling to recruit sufficient numbers of assessors. The supply will really dry up if they let their assessors become political pawns.

@ProfJoelPearson @sampendu @liz_pellicano Yes. This complements work you and Rebecca have done comparing Aphants and controls. Here we look at a general population sample, and find that performance is not well predicted by reported strategy. In large part because people often visualize on ‘baseline’ trials.

@ARC_Tracker @MehreenFaruqi They did provide an implied answer. Funding for Discovery Projects has been diverted to fund other priorities.

@adeelrazi @AFornito @AndrewZalesky @MartaIGarrido @jmacshine @bendfulcher @SharnaJamadar @NaoTsuchiya @novelli_leo @jchrispang @MKhajehnejad That sounds great! Have fun

@kerblooee Also... Commonalities between the Berger Rhythm and spectra differences driven by cross-modal attention and imagination - ScienceDirect

@kerblooee Occipital alpha-band brain waves when the eyes are closed are shaped by ongoing visual processes | Scientific Reports

@willjharrison Agreed. The students need to understand that they need a flexible approach suited to the project

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