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
They were able to show that changes in two important brain regions, the hippocampus and the occipital lobe, as well as their interaction, have an influence on the impaired recall of personal memories in aphantasia.
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
Saffron similarly struggles to create mental images in her mind, a condition called aphantasia.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 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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