The Neuroscience of Imagination

  • Published23 Mar 2017
  • Reviewed23 Mar 2017
  • Source TED

Imagine, for a second, a duck teaching a French class. A ping-pong match in orbit around a black hole. A dolphin balancing a pineapple. You probably haven’t actually seen any of these things. But you could imagine them instantly. How does your brain produce an image of something you’ve never seen?

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