Mental representations allow humans to think about, remember and communicate about an
infinite number of concepts. A key question within cognitive psychology is how the mind …

In a complex world, we are constantly faced with environmental stimuli that shape our
moment‐to‐moment experiences. But just as rich and complex as the external world is the …

Although Galton recognized in the 1880s that some individuals lack visual imagery, this
phenomenon was mostly neglected over the following century. We recently coined the terms …

Visual mental imagery is the ability to create a quasi-perceptual visual picture in the mind's
eye. For people with the rare trait of aphantasia, this ability is entirely absent or markedly …

The pupillary light response is an important automatic physiological response which
optimizes light reaching the retina. Recent work has shown that the pupil also adjusts in …

Aphantasia describes the experience of individuals who self-report a lack of voluntary visual
imagery. It is not yet known whether individuals with aphantasia show deficits in cognitive …

Visual working memory paradigms involve retaining and manipulating visual information in
mind over a period of seconds. Evidence suggests that visual imagery (sensory recruitment) …

People with aphantasia have a markedly impaired ability to form visual images in the mind's
eye. Here, by testing people with and without aphantasia, we examine the relationship …

Different individuals experience varying degrees of vividness in their visual mental images.
The distribution of these variations across different imagery domains, such as object shape …

Neurodevelopmental disorders are categorized and studied according to their
manifestations as distinct syndromes. For instance, congenital prosopagnosia and dyslexia …