‘Like a film in my mind’: hyperphantasia and the quest to understand vivid imaginations.

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“A picture is worth a thousand words” is an adage that rings true across multiple languages. It conveys the idea that visual imagery has an incredible power to encode and convey vast amounts of information in a single snapshot, far more than what could be conveyed through a

Unseen memories

Can you vividly recall the sights, sounds and smells of your 5th birthday party?

Take some time to “bring yourself there”….

What do you feel? How do you experience that memory?

Most visualizers describe a form of “mental time travel” where they experience

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'Two brains: One visualizes too much, the other not at all' ~ New aphantasia and hyperphantasia article from CNN

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So, you live in augmented reality?

Augmented reality is a technology that superimposes computer-generated images, sounds, and other sensory inputs onto the real world, creating an enhanced or augmented version of reality.

What would it look like for that white wall to be

#ICYMI Yesterday we shared a new blog from Gary Wortley, Lab Manager, about his experience with #aphantasia for #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek 🌟🧠 Neurodiversity Celebration Week Aphantasia Network

Have you ever heard of Aphantasia?

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“If you have aphantasia, how do you dream?”

Dreams are one of the several areas we see differences between aphantasics.

Some report the ability to “see” their dreams visually, and in great detail, but then cannot visualize them again when they wake. For this group of aphants,

Fantastic article written by a multisensory aphantasiac describing her subjective experience with memory without visualization. …1/

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Some can hear it, but others can’t…

My last post touched on the multi-sensory aspect of mental imagery for the first time. Many aphantasics were shocked to hear that sensory imagination can be experienced by sound, taste or touch. It took me a few days to read all the

Our latest feature, '𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭—𝐀𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲,' delves into groundbreaking research from the University of Bonn, uncovering the effects aphantasia has on personal memory recall.

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