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September 10, 2025Brain and BehaviorOpen Access

Semantical Visual Information Facilitates Odor Imagery: A Combined Neurophysiological and Psychometrical Approach

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LFLuca FantinHCHadrien CeyteCRC. Rumeau

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Neuroimaging reveals significant brain activity linked to odor imagery in healthy adults, suggesting visual cues play a crucial role.

Key Points

  • Odor imagery occurs without significant activation in primary olfactory regions, suggesting alternate neural pathways.
  • Behavioral ratings indicated high success rates in odor imagery despite minimal neurophysiological effects from visual conditions.
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging was employed to assess brain activity during odor imagery tasks with various visual cues.
  • Findings imply that semantic visual cues require fewer cognitive resources for generating odor images, challenging existing literature.

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Fantin et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c187339b7b07f3a0611a9dhttps://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70835
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