Elisabetta Versace

Jun 7, 2024 | siliconrepublic.com | Elisabetta Versace

Dr Elizabetta Versace from Queen Mary University of London explains how newborn chicks are helping to settle a centuries-old debate about cognition and our senses. For most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy. If I say ‘cube’, you are probably already picturing one in your mind (although people with aphantasia have little or no mental imagery). You may not realise it, but you’re probably also very good at translating physical sensations into mental images.

May 21, 2024 | bizzbuzz.news | Elisabetta Versace

Scientists have long debated whether we learn to link our senses (like touch and sight) or if our brains are pre-wired to do so. This study investigated this question by raising chicks in darkness and then giving them objects to touch (either smooth or bumpy cubes). After this initial tactile experience, the chicks were shown both smooth and bumpy cubes in the lightFor most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy.

May 20, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Elisabetta Versace

For most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy. If I say "cube," you are probably already picturing one in your mind (although people with aphantasia have little or no mental imagery). You may not realize it, but you're probably also very good at translating physical sensations into mental images. Imagine being in total darkness and holding a cube-shaped object. There's a good chance you could turn this tactile information into a mental image.

May 17, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Elisabetta Versace

By Elisabetta Versace, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Queen Mary University of London For most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy. If I say “cube”, you are probably already picturing one in your mind (although people with aphantasia have little or no mental imagery). You may not realise it, but you’re probably also very good at translating physical sensations into mental images.

May 17, 2024 | theconversation.com | Elisabetta Versace

For most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy. If I say “cube”, you are probably already picturing one in your mind (although people with aphantasia have little or no mental imagery). You may not realise it, but you’re probably also very good at translating physical sensations into mental images. Imagine being in total darkness and holding a cube-shaped object. There’s a good chance you could turn this tactile information into a mental image.