While many effortlessly visualize scenes within their mind’s eye, individuals with aphantasia navigate a realm devoid of visual mental imagery. In a recent surge of public interest ...

Loren cannot imagine audio or visual sensations, or hear an inner voice when she reads. She has a condition we describe as ...

Led by Laura Speed, the research team recruited 47 individuals with aphantasia and 51 control participants with typical ...

This latest study recruited 14 people with aphantasia and an 18-strong control group. Both groups underwent tests of visual imagery before having a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI ...

People with ‘deep aphantasia’ may have no inner voice, either, and different real-world visual experiences. From body snatching to Photoshop and virtual reality, the techniques of medical ...