Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. When someone prompts you to imagine a sunset, you can likely picture the bright yellows ...
including nudging the brain to remember what an apple looks like and activating the brain to create an image of it. But in those with aphantasia, that process can break down at any point.
Aphantasia is like being unable to turn on a mental “television” to see images in your mind. To put it in perspective, people without aphantasia might experience mental images like watching a ...
Close your eyes and remind yourself exactly what they look like. For most of us that's a natural and easy thing to do. But if you have aphantasia you'd find that very difficult, probably even ...
If you think you have aphantasia or hyperphantasia and would like to be involved in Prof Zeman's research he is happy to be contacted at [email protected] ...