Those who fall part of the latter group have what is known as “aphantasia,” a phenomenon where the mind lacks the ability to conjure mental images. While many effortlessly visualize scenes ...

Professor Adam Zeman, of the University of Exeter, first coined the term aphantasia in 2015, to describe those who can't visualize. Since then, tens of thousands of people worldwide have ...

Aphantasia is one of these things that can only truly be understood by people who experience it. For people who are able to imagine what things look like as easily as breathing, it’s hard to ...