NPR: A new study helps explain how the brain creates mental images A new study finds that looking at something and imagining it triggers the same exact process in the brain. It's also very similar to the process artificial intelligence uses to create an image. How does the brain create mental images?

Understanding the Context

A new study reveals that visual imagination and perception share a common neural code. An image allegedly showing the effects of alcohol on the brain is circulating on social media. The image features two brains — one labeled "drinker's brain" and the other a "nondrinker's brain." While ... ZME Science on MSN: Your brain uses the same neurons to see the real world and imagine it in your head Close your eyes and picture a coffee cup.

Key Insights

Suddenly, the dark fills with shape, color, and texture. It’s a picture as vivid as the real thing, but it’s remarkable seeing how the image is all in your ... Your brain uses the same neurons to see the real world and imagine it in your head Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.