Aphantasia and psychological disorder: Current connections, defining the imagery deficit and future directions [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Aphantasia is a condition characterized by a deficit of mental imagery. Since several psychopathologies are partially maintained by mental imagery, it may be illuminating to consider the condition against the background of psychological disorder.
Dan Cavedon-Taylor
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Diversity of aphantasia revealed by multiple assessments of visual imagery, multisensory imagery, and cognitive style [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Aphantasia—a condition wherein individuals have a reduced or absent construction of voluntary visual imagery—is diagnosed using either the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) or self-identification.
Junichi Takahashi +7 more
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Real-world implications of aphantasia: episodic recall of eyewitnesses with aphantasia is less complete but no less accurate than typical imagers [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Individuals with aphantasia report an inability to voluntarily visually image and reduced episodic memory, yet episodic accounts provided by witnesses and victims are fundamental for criminal justice.
Coral J. Dando +3 more
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The role of subjective interoception in autobiographical deficits in aphantasia [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAutobiographical memory deficits are well-documented in aphantasia, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Emerging models suggest that interoception plays a crucial role in mental imagery, a key component of memory retrieval.
Merlin Monzel, Yoko Nagai, Juha Silvanto
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Task evoked EEG reveals neural processing differences in aphantasia [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAphantasia, the inability to generate voluntary visual images, affects an estimated 3–4% of the population and provides a valuable model for examining how the brain supports cognition without imagery.
Katherine Boere +6 more
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A Systematic Review of Aphantasia: Concept, Measurement, Neural Basis, and Theory Development [PDF]
VisionPeople with aphantasia exhibit the inability to voluntarily generate or form mental imagery in their minds. Since the term “aphantasia” was proposed to describe this, it has gained increasing attention from psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and clinicians.
Feiyang Jin, Shen-Mou Hsu, Yu Li
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The heart’s eye: how mental imagery influences romantic emotion [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionWhile mental imagery—the capacity to generate perceptual-like experiences in the absence of external stimuli—has been studied in fear and other domains, its influence in romantic emotional experiences has not been directly examined.
Boran Cui, Yulin Kong, Weibo Zhang
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Living and learning with a blind mind’s eye: college students with aphantasia [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionAphantasia, the inability to voluntarily generate visual mental imagery, affects approximately 2–5% of the population. The current study investigated how college students with aphantasia navigate academic environments despite lacking this ...
Jenel T. Cavazos +3 more
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An international estimate of the prevalence of differing visual imagery abilities [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe aim of this research was to establish prevalence estimates for aphantasia, hypophantasia, typical imagery ability, and hyperphantasia in a large multi-national cohort.
David J. Wright +17 more
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Missing images: autobiographical memory in Aphantasia and blindness [PDF]
Frontiers in CognitionMental visual imagery, especially the ability to construct naturalistic scenes seems central to vivid episodic autobiographical memory (AM). This mini review will first highlight the neural anatomy of different aspects of mental imagery, focusing on the ...
Cornelia McCormick +3 more
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