Aphantasia

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    Aphantasia是指无法将图像召唤到自己的头脑中,导致自愿对象图像的选择性缺陷。在本研究中,我们调查了M.X.,一个获得性幻象症的案例,即使他无法主观地体验自愿的对象意象,仍然可以保留某种形式的空间转换过程。M.X.和一组对照参与者被要求完成字母心理旋转任务(MRT),通常用于评估空间转换的性质,同时记录行为和电生理反应。M.X.能够像对照组一样准确地完成MRT,显示了作为MRT典型旋转角度的函数的RT增加的模式。然而,事件相关电位(ERP)结果显示M.X.和对照组之间存在系统差异。在规范的信件审判中,旋转相关的负性(RRN),被认为是心理旋转(MR)空间转换的心理生理关联的ERP组件,存在于M.X.和控件中,并类似地通过旋转角度进行调制。然而,在镜像反转字母试验中,没有观察到M.X.这些发现表明,至少在特定的实验条件下,无法创建刺激的刻画表示并不能阻止空间转换在幻音中的参与。然而,应用空间转换的能力因任务而异,并且可能由可以访问的特定类型的心理表示来解释。
    Aphantasia refers to the inability to summon images to one\'s own mind\'s eye, resulting in selective deficits of voluntary object imagery. In the present study, we investigated whether M. X., a case of acquired aphantasia, can still retain some form of spatial transformation processes even though he is unable to subjectively experience voluntary object imagery. M. X. and a group of control participants were asked to complete a letter mental rotation task (MRT), typically used to assess the nature of the spatial transformation, while behavioural and electrophysiological responses were recorded. M. X. was able to complete the MRTs as accurately as controls, showing the pattern of increasing RTs as a function of rotation angle typical of MRTs. However, event-related potential (ERP) results showed systematic differences between M. X. and controls. On canonical letter trials, the rotation-related negativity (RRN), an ERP component considered as the psychophysiological correlate of the spatial transformation of mental rotation (MR), was present in both M. X. and controls and similarly modulated by rotation angle. However, no such modulation was observed for M. X. on mirror-reversed letter trials. These findings suggest that, at least under specific experimental conditions, the inability to create a depictive representation of the stimuli does not prevent the engagement of spatial transformation in aphantasia. However, the ability to apply spatial transformation varies with tasks and might be accounted for by the specific type of mental representation that can be accessed.
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