Aphantasia and psychological disorder: Current connections, defining the imagery deficit and future directions [PDF]
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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An international estimate of the prevalence of differing visual imagery abilities [PDF]
The 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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Neuroradiological Insights into Visual Mental Imagery: Structural and Functional Imaging of Ventral and Dorsal Streams [PDF]
Visual mental imagery, the ability to generate and manipulate internal visual experiences without direct sensory input, links perception with memory, planning, and higher cognition. In this targeted narrative review, we synthesize neuroimaging and lesion
Saleha Redžepi +3 more
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Carl Jung: a life on the edge of reality with hypnagogia, hyperphantasia, and hallucinations [PDF]
Whether the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875–1961) became psychotic after his mid-thirties is much debated. His recently published Black Books, a seven-volume journal, reveal new insights into this debate.
Fatih Incekara +3 more
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Living and learning with a blind mind’s eye: college students with aphantasia [PDF]
IntroductionAphantasia, 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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Vividness of mental imagery reflects a broad range of internally generated visual experiences [PDF]
Research on mental visual imagery typically relies on vividness ratings. However, vividness is ill defined as it lacks an objective reference. Here, we present survey results that suggest vividness is nevertheless a robust measure. It explains individual
D. Samuel Schwarzkopf +6 more
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Behavioral and Neural Signatures of Visual Imagery Vividness Extremes: Aphantasia versus Hyperphantasia. [PDF]
Matthew Mackisack +2 more
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Hyperphantasia: A Benchmark for Evaluating the Mental Visualization Capabilities of Multimodal LLMs [PDF]
Sepehri MS +3 more
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Modelling perception as a hierarchical competition differentiates imagined, veridical, and hallucinated percepts. [PDF]
Sulfaro AA, Robinson AK, Carlson TA.
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