Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly similar to what ...

This suggests perception can also influence imagination. The functional magnetic ... when participants reported seeing a pattern, either real or imagined. “There’s a brain region close to your temples ...

Unlike more specialised kinds of mental processing, there is no dedicated “imagination cortex” that shows up on brain scans. Instead, imagination is the result of inputs from all corners of the brain ...

As children grow into adulthood and then continue ageing, what happens to their imagination? Do all of us gradually lose our innate capacity to conjure up novelty to the drudgery of life, or does ...

Your most powerful performance tool isn't your laptop, team, or strategy. It’s your imagination. Most business professionals dismiss visualization as wishful thinking. But research shows this powerful ...