At the end of the discussion on the nature of mental images, your textbook re-examines the analog viewpoint and the propositional viewpoint, in light of the accumulated research. According to this discussion,
a. the two viewpoints are incompatible; researchers can support either perspective, but not both.
b. most mental-imagery tasks seem to use an analog code, but some mental-imagery tasks seem to use a propositional code.
c. the propositional viewpoint argues that people do not experience actual mental images.
d. the analog viewpoint is supported by the observation that people cannot re-examine a mental image and provide a new interpretation of that image.
Question 2
Which of the following students provides the most accurate summary of the neuroscience research on mental imagery?
a. Sambridhi: Visual imagery and visual perception activate virtually identical structures throughout the visual pathway and also in the visual cortex.
b. Scott: Visual imagery and visual perception activate identical structures in the retina, but not in the visual cortex.
c. Tessa: Visual imagery and visual perception activate some of the same structures in the cortex, but not in the retina
d. Christine: Visual imagery and visual perception activate very different structures throughout both the visual pathway and in the visual cortex.
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