aphantasia
Americannoun
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I have aphantasia, this brain condition that causes me not to be able to imagine anything visually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
But in those with aphantasia, that process can break down at any point.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024
The extent of aphantasia and the respective autobiographical memory were initially determined using questionnaires and interviews.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024
When people visualize dark and light objects, their pupils dilate—unless they happen to have aphantasia.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2023
But Dr. Segerman has aphantasia, an inability to construct mental pictures, or “visually hallucinate images at will,” as he puts it.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
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