Research outputs
Selected research outputs
- Ganzflicker Reveals the Complex Relationship Between Visual Mental Imagery and Pseudo-Hallucinatory Experiences: A Replication and Expansion (Journal article - 2022)
- The Ganzflicker experience: High probability of seeing vivid and complex pseudo-hallucinations with imagery but not aphantasia (Journal article - 2021)
- Anomalous visual experience is linked to perceptual uncertainty and visual imagery vividness (Journal article - 2021)
- Cortical evidence for negative search templates (Journal article - 2017)
- Individual differences shape the content of visual representations (Journal article - 2017)
- Individual Variability in Mental Imagery Vividness Does Not Predict Perceptual Interference With Imagery: A Replication Study of Cui et al. (2007) (Journal article - 2025)
- A novel model of divergent predictive perception. (Journal article - 2024)
2026
Individuals with aphantasia show independent impairments in face perception and face memory, but not face matching
Pounder, Z., Stantić, M., Reeder, R., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2026). Individuals with aphantasia show independent impairments in face perception and face memory, but not face matching. Cortex, 202, 157-164. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2026.06.002
The Role of Visual Imagery in Face Recognition and Confidence Revisited: New Evidence from Aphantasia, Sampling Context Effects, and a Meta-Analysis
A unifying theory of aphantasia: Aphantasia as the inability to disengage from the external environment
From dots to faces: individual differences in visual imagery capacity predict the content of Ganzflicker-induced hallucinations
Chkhaidze, A., Reeder, R. R., Gag, C., Kiyonaga, A., & Coulson, S. (2026). From dots to faces: individual differences in visual imagery capacity predict the content of Ganzflicker-induced hallucinations. NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 2026(1), 18 pages. doi:10.1093/nc/niag016
They can turn a normal city street into a jungle
Reeder, R. (2026). They can turn a normal city street into a jungle. Psychologist, 39(5), 20-23.
2025
Visual Imagery Vividness Predicts the Complexity of Induced Hallucinations
Individual Variability in Mental Imagery Vividness Does Not Predict Perceptual Interference With Imagery: A Replication Study of Cui et al. (2007)
Azanon, E., Pounder, Z., Figueroa, A., & Reeder, R. R. (2025). Individual Variability in Mental Imagery Vividness Does Not Predict Perceptual Interference With Imagery: A Replication Study of Cui et al. (2007). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL, 154(7), 2043-2057. doi:10.1037/xge0001756
2024
The Impact of Aphantasia on Mental Healthcare Experiences
Mawtus, B., Renwick, F., Thomas, B. R., & Reeder, R. R. (2024). The Impact of Aphantasia on Mental Healthcare Experiences. COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY, 10(1), 35 pages. doi:10.1525/collabra.127416
Non-visual spatial strategies are effective for maintaining precise information in visual working memory.
Reeder, R. R., Pounder, Z., Figueroa, A., Jüllig, A., & Azañón, E. (2024). Non-visual spatial strategies are effective for maintaining precise information in visual working memory.. Cognition, 251, 105907. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105907
Current and future directions for research on hallucinations and delusions
Reeder, R. R. (2024). Current and future directions for research on hallucinations and delusions. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1), 3 pages. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-57472-6
A novel model of divergent predictive perception.
Reeder, R. R., Sala, G., & van Leeuwen, T. M. (2024). A novel model of divergent predictive perception.. Neuroscience of consciousness, 2024(1), niae006. doi:10.1093/nc/niae006
2022
A new visual mental imagery classification system for imagery “extremes”: Evidence from visual working memory, visual priming, anomalous perception, and imagery-memory interference tasks
Reeder, R., & Figueroa, A. (2022). A new visual mental imagery classification system for imagery “extremes”: Evidence from visual working memory, visual priming, anomalous perception, and imagery-memory interference tasks. In Journal of Vision Vol. 22 (pp. 3321). Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). doi:10.1167/jov.22.14.3321
Ganzflicker Reveals the Complex Relationship Between Visual Mental Imagery and Pseudo-Hallucinatory Experiences: A Replication and Expansion
Reeder, R. R. (2022). Ganzflicker Reveals the Complex Relationship Between Visual Mental Imagery and Pseudo-Hallucinatory Experiences: A Replication and Expansion. COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY, 8(1), 13 pages. doi:10.1525/collabra.36318
2021
The Ganzflicker experience: High probability of seeing vivid and complex pseudo-hallucinations with imagery but not aphantasia
Koenigsmark, V. T., Bergmann, J., & Reeder, R. R. (2021). The Ganzflicker experience: High probability of seeing vivid and complex pseudo-hallucinations with imagery but not aphantasia. CORTEX, 141, 522-534. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2021.05.007
Anomalous visual experience is linked to perceptual uncertainty and visual imagery vividness
Salge, J. H., Pollmann, S., & Reeder, R. R. (2021). Anomalous visual experience is linked to perceptual uncertainty and visual imagery vividness. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG, 85(5), 1848-1865. doi:10.1007/s00426-020-01364-7
2019
Frontal cortex differentiates between free and imposed target selection in multiple-target search
Ort, E., Fahrenfort, J. J., Reeder, R., Pollmann, S., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2019). Frontal cortex differentiates between free and imposed target selection in multiple-target search. NEUROIMAGE, 202, 14 pages. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116133
Diagnostic parts are not exclusive in the search template for real-world object categories
Wurth, M., & Reeder, R. R. (2019). Diagnostic parts are not exclusive in the search template for real-world object categories. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA, 196, 11-17. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.03.006
2018
No evidence for enhanced distractor template representation in early visual cortex
Reeder, R. R., Olivers, C. N. L., Hanke, M., & Pollmann, S. (2018). No evidence for enhanced distractor template representation in early visual cortex. CORTEX, 108, 279-282. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2018.08.005
2017
Individual differences shape the content of visual representations
Reeder, R. R. (2017). Individual differences shape the content of visual representations. VISION RESEARCH, 141, 266-281. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2016.08.008
Task relevance modulates the cortical representation of feature conjunctions in the target template
Reeder, R. R., Hanke, M., & Pollmann, S. (2017). Task relevance modulates the cortical representation of feature conjunctions in the target template. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7, 10 pages. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04123-8
Cortical evidence for negative search templates
Reeder, R. R., Olivers, C. N. L., & Pollmann, S. (2017). Cortical evidence for negative search templates. VISUAL COGNITION, 25(1-3), 278-290. doi:10.1080/13506285.2017.1339755
2016
Privileged Access to Awareness for Faces and Objects of Expertise
Stein, T., Reeder, R. R., & Peelen, M. V. (2016). Privileged Access to Awareness for Faces and Objects of Expertise. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE, 42(6), 788-798. doi:10.1037/xhp0000188
Perceptual expertise improves category detection in natural scenes
Reeder, R. R., Stein, T., & Peelen, M. V. (2016). Perceptual expertise improves category detection in natural scenes. PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW, 23(1), 172-179. doi:10.3758/s13423-015-0872-x
2015
Preparatory Activity in Posterior Temporal Cortex Causally Contributes to Object Detection in Scenes
Reeder, R. R., Perini, F., & Peelen, M. V. (2015). Preparatory Activity in Posterior Temporal Cortex Causally Contributes to Object Detection in Scenes. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, 27(11), 2117-2125. doi:10.1162/jocn_a_00845
Involuntary attentional capture by task-irrelevant objects that match the search template for category detection in natural scenes
Reeder, R. R., van Zoest, W., & Peelen, M. V. (2015). Involuntary attentional capture by task-irrelevant objects that match the search template for category detection in natural scenes. ATTENTION PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS, 77(4), 1070-1080. doi:10.3758/s13414-015-0867-8
2013
The contents of the search template for category-level search in natural scenes
Reeder, R. R., & Peelen, M. V. (2013). The contents of the search template for category-level search in natural scenes. JOURNAL OF VISION, 13(3), 13 pages. doi:10.1167/13.3.13