The vividness of imagery varies between individuals. However, the existence of people in
whom conscious, wakeful imagery is markedly reduced, or absent entirely, was neglected by …

The inability to visualise was given the name aphantasia in 2015 by Zeman and colleagues.
In 2018 we published research showing that fifteen individuals who self-identified as having …

Aphantasia is a condition that is often characterized as the impaired ability to create
voluntary mental images. Aphantasia is assumed to selectively affect voluntary imagery …

Visual working memory content is commonly thought to be composed of a precise visual
representation of stimulus information (eg, color, shape). Nevertheless, previous research …

The contemporary definition of mental imagery is characterized by two aspects: a sensory
representation resembling, but not resulting from, perception, and an associated subjective …

Academic Abstract How do social stereotypes shape and reflect images formed in the mind's
eye? Visual mental imagery has long been assumed crucial in creating, maintaining, and …

As a hypothesis on the origins of mind and language, the evolutionary theory of the
sensorimotor paradox suggests that capacities for imagination, self-representation and …

Aphantasia, a spectrum of inabilities creating and perceiving mental images, is becoming
more of a focus in continued research to better understand functions of sensory perception …