PI of the https://imaginerealitylab.org/ @uclbrainscience.bsky.social where we investigate the neural and computational mechanisms of mental imagery and reality monitoring. Activist about mental health and EDI in academia. She/her.https://bsky.app/profile/nadinedijkstra.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nadinedijkstra.bsky.social/post/3mjywa6evhc2kExcellent review by Pearson and team on how imagery is implemented through modulatory rather than excitatory top-down signals to visual cortex: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41973795/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41973795/21 Apr 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:blhors5awc4tqah7zezc5vrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjywa6evhc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nadinedijkstra.bsky.social/post/3mjhpw7cwvk2wBeautiful paper by Tingting Wu and @qing-yu.bsky.social suggesting reduced top-down influence from IPS to EVC during imagery and VWM maintenance in aphantasia: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.08.717338v114 Apr 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:blhors5awc4tqah7zezc5vrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhpw7cwvk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nadinedijkstra.bsky.social/post/3mj42fktcos2cSome of the same *single neurons* in VTC being activated when seeing and imagining the same things! https://www.sciencenews.org/article/seeing-imagining-activate-brain-cells10 Apr 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:blhors5awc4tqah7zezc5vrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj42fktcos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nadinedijkstra.bsky.social/post/3mie73qxqu22rVery excited to be visiting Yael Niv at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute for a few weeks to learn all about reinforcement learning, mental health and how to be a great mentor. If you're in the area and would like to chat, get in touch!31 Mar 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:blhors5awc4tqah7zezc5vrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mie73qxqu22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nadinedijkstra.bsky.social/post/3mi3bowbuns2xThank you @sharifkronemer.bsky.social, @cassmlevesque.bsky.social and @cibaker.bsky.social for hosting me at the NIMH today! So much cool science!27 Mar 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:blhors5awc4tqah7zezc5vrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3bowbuns2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nadinedijkstra.bsky.social/post/3mi2rjyw5bs2oCheck out this new cross-journal special Collection on Visual Imagery at Nature Communications, Communications Psychology and Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/collections/abfbcbddfi! Get submitting! @natcomms.nature.com, @commspsychol.nature.com27 Mar 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:blhors5awc4tqah7zezc5vrm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2rjyw5bs2o