By Professor Joel Pearson

Journal articles

Chang S; Zhang X; Cao Y; Pearson J; Meng M, 2025, 'Imageless imagery in aphantasia revealed by early visual cortex decoding', Current Biology, 35, pp. 591 - 599.e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.012

Zeman A; Monzel M; Pearson J; Scholz CO; Simner J, 2025, 'Definition: Aphantasia', Cortex, 182, pp. 212 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.07.019

Martin AJ; Bostwick KCP; Burns EC; Munro-Smith V; George T; Kennett R; Pearson J, 2024, 'A healthy breakfast each and every day is important for students' motivation and achievement', Journal of School Psychology, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2024.101298

Kay L; Keogh R; Pearson J, 2024, 'Slower but more accurate mental rotation performance in aphantasia linked to differences in cognitive strategies', Consciousness and Cognition, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103694

Dawes AJ; Keogh R; Pearson J, 2024, 'Multisensory subtypes of aphantasia: Mental imagery as supramodal perception in reverse', Neuroscience Research, 201, pp. 50 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2023.11.009

Keogh R; Pearson J, 2024, 'Revisiting the blind mind: Still no evidence for sensory visual imagery in individuals with aphantasia', Neuroscience Research, 201, pp. 27 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2024.01.008

Pace T; Koenig-Robert R; Pearson J, 2023, 'Different Mechanisms for Supporting Mental Imagery and Perceptual Representations: Modulation Versus Excitation', Psychological Science, 34, pp. 1229 - 1243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976231198435

Koenig-Robert R; Omar HE; Pearson J, 2023, 'Implicit bias training can remove bias from subliminal stimuli, restoring choice divergence: A proof-of-concept study', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289313

Dawes AJ; Keogh R; Robuck S; Pearson J, 2022, 'Memories with a blind mind: Remembering the past and imagining the future with aphantasia', Cognition, 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105192

Monzel M; Mitchell D; Macpherson F; Pearson J; Zeman A, 2022, 'Proposal for a consistent definition of aphantasia and hyperphantasia: A response to Lambert and Sibley (2022) and Simner and Dance (2022)', Cortex, 152, pp. 74 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.04.003

Monzel M; Mitchell D; Macpherson F; Pearson J; Zeman A, 2022, 'Aphantasia, dysikonesia, anauralia: call for a single term for the lack of mental imagery–Commentary on Dance et al. (2021) and Hinwar and Lambert (2021)', Cortex, 150, pp. 149 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.02.002

Kay L; Keogh R; Andrillion T; Pearson J, 2022, 'The pupillary light response as a physiological index of aphantasia, sensory and phenomenological imagery strength', eLife, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72484

Burns EC; Martin AJ; Kennett R; Pearson J; Munro-Smith V, 2022, 'High school students' out-of-school science participation: A latent class analysis and unique associations with science aspirations and achievement', Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.21806

Keogh R; Wicken M; Pearson J, 2021, 'Visual working memory in aphantasia: Retained accuracy and capacity with a different strategy', Cortex, 143, pp. 237 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.07.012

Glomb K; Kringelbach ML; Deco G; Hagmann P; Pearson J; Atasoy S, 2021, 'Functional harmonics reveal multi-dimensional basis functions underlying cortical organization', Cell Reports, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109554

Martin AJ; Ginns P; Burns EC; Kennett R; Munro-Smith V; Collie RJ; Pearson J, 2021, 'Assessing Instructional Cognitive Load in the Context of Students' Psychological Challenge and Threat Orientations: A Multi-Level Latent Profile Analysis of Students and Classrooms', Frontiers in Psychology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.656994

Wicken M; Keogh R; Pearson J, 2021, 'The critical role of mental imagery in human emotion: Insights from fear-based imagery and aphantasia', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0267

Keogh R; Pearson J, 2021, 'Attention driven phantom vision: Measuring the sensory strength of attentional templates and their relation to visual mental imagery and aphantasia: Measuring attentional templates', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0688

Rogers S; Keogh R; Pearson J, 2021, 'Hallucinations on demand: The utility of experimentally induced phenomena in hallucination research: Hallucinations on demand', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0233

Fazekas P; Nanay B; Pearson J, 2021, 'Offline perception: An introduction: Offline perception-An introduction', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0686

Fazekas P; Nanay B; Pearson J, 2021, 'Offline perception: An introduction: Offline perception-An introduction', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0686rstb20190686

Koenig-Robert R; Pearson J, 2021, 'Why do imagery and perception look and feel so different?: Imagery and perception', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0703

Martin AJ; Burns EC; Kennett R; Pearson J; Munro-Smith V, 2021, 'Boarding and Day School Students: A Large-Scale Multilevel Investigation of Academic Outcomes Among Students and Classrooms', Frontiers in Psychology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.608949

Martin AJ; Kennett R; Pearson J; Mansour M; Papworth B; Malmberg LE, 2021, 'Challenge and threat appraisals in high school science: investigating the roles of psychological and physiological factors', Educational Psychology, 41, pp. 618 - 639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2021.1887456

Martin AJ; Ginns P; Burns EC; Kennett R; Pearson J, 2021, 'Load Reduction Instruction in Science and Students’ Science Engagement and Science Achievement', Journal of Educational Psychology, 113, pp. 1126 - 1142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000552

Burns EC; Martin AJ; Kennett RK; Pearson J; Munro-Smith V, 2021, 'Optimizing science self-efficacy: A multilevel examination of the moderating effects of anxiety on the relationship between self-efficacy and achievement in science', Contemporary Educational Psychology, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101937

Dawes AJ; Keogh R; Andrillon T; Pearson J, 2020, 'A cognitive profile of multi-sensory imagery, memory and dreaming in aphantasia', Scientific Reports, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65705-7

Pearson J, 2020, 'Reply to: Assessing the causal role of early visual areas in visual mental imagery', Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 21, pp. 517 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41583-020-0349-4

Keogh R; Bergmann J; Pearson J, 2020, 'Cortical excitability controls the strength of mental imagery', eLife, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50232

Chang S; Pearson J, 2020, 'The functional effects of voluntary and involuntary phantom color on conscious awareness', Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149, pp. 1006 - 1016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000684

Koenig-Robert R; Pearson J, 2020, 'Decoding nonconscious thought representations during successful thought suppression', Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32, pp. 2272 - 2284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01617

Koenig-Robert R; Pearson J, 2020, 'Decoding non-conscious thought representations during successful thought suppression', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.02.931352

Koenig-Robert R; Pearson J, 2019, 'Decoding the contents and strength of imagery before volitional engagement', Scientific Reports, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39813-y

Pearson J, 2019, 'The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental imagery', Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 20, pp. 624 - 634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41583-019-0202-9

Martin AJ; Malmberg LE; Kennett R; Mansour M; Papworth B; Pearson J, 2019, 'What happens when students reflect on their self-efficacy during a test? Exploring test experience and test outcome in science', Learning and Individual Differences, 73, pp. 59 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.05.005

Kwok EL; Leys G; Koenig-Robert R; Pearson J, 2019, 'Measuring Thought-Control Failure: Sensory Mechanisms and Individual Differences', Psychological Science, 30, pp. 811 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797619837204

Pearson J; Keogh R, 2019, 'Redefining Visual Working Memory: A Cognitive-Strategy, Brain-Region Approach', Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28, pp. 266 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721419835210

Chiou R; Rich AN; Rogers S; Pearson J, 2018, 'Exploring the functional nature of synaesthetic colour: Dissociations from colour perception and imagery', Cognition, 177, pp. 107 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.03.022

Keogh R; Pearson J, 2018, 'The blind mind: No sensory visual imagery in aphantasia', Cortex, 105, pp. 53 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.10.012

Chang S; Pearson J, 2018, 'The functional effects of prior motion imagery and motion perception', Cortex, 105, pp. 83 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.08.036

Vlassova A; Pearson J, 2018, 'Unconscious decisional learning improves unconscious information processing', Cognition, 176, pp. 131 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.02.018

Atasoy S; Deco G; Kringelbach ML; Pearson J, 2018, 'Harmonic Brain Modes: A Unifying Framework for Linking Space and Time in Brain Dynamics', Neuroscientist, 24, pp. 277 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073858417728032

Hemingway EJ; Clarke A; Pearson JRA; Fielding SM, 2018, 'Thickening of viscoelastic flow in a model porous medium', JOURNAL OF NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID MECHANICS, 251, pp. 56 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2017.11.002

Kwok EL; Leys G; Koenig-Robert R; Pearson J, 2018, 'Thought Control Failure: Sensory Determinants and Functional Effects', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/293761

Keogh R; Pearson J, 2017, 'The perceptual and phenomenal capacity of mental imagery', Cognition, 162, pp. 124 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.02.004

Atasoy S; Deco G; Kringelbach M; Pearson J, 2017, 'Harmonic brain modes: a unifying framework for linking space and time in brain dynamics', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/162040

Pearson J; Chiou R; Rogers S; Wicken M; Heitmann S; Ermentrout B, 2016, 'Sensory dynamics of visual hallucinations in the normal population', eLife, 5, pp. e17072, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17072

Bergmann J; Genç E; Kohler A; Singer W; Pearson J, 2016, 'Smaller primary visual cortex is associated with stronger, but less precise mental imagery', Cerebral Cortex, 26, pp. 3838 - 3850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhv186

Lufityanto G; Donkin C; Pearson J, 2016, 'Measuring Intuition: Nonconscious Emotional Information Boosts Decision Accuracy and Confidence', Psychological Science, 27, pp. 622 - 634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797616629403

Atasoy S; Donnelly I; Pearson J, 2016, 'Human brain networks function in connectome-specific harmonic waves', Nature Communications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10340

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