Aphantasia is a condition where the brain can't form visual images. Learn about its causes, impact on memory, and ongoing research into this unique condition.

Since then, research has exploded, said Zeman, who authored a review of the science on aphantasia published Wednesday in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences. One of the advances is a method ...

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Aphantasia can also develop after a stroke, head trauma, a brain injury or infection, or along with conditions including “depersonalization, depression, occasionally psychosis,” Zeman said.

Thanks to 7T fMRI, researchers from Paris Brain Institute and NeuroSpin, the CEA's neuroimaging center, are exploring the neural substrate of visual imagery at very high resolution for the first time.

Aphantasia is a condition in which a person cannot see or imagine mental images. In other words, when they attempt to imagine or think about something they cannot create an internal mental image ...

Congenital aphantasia is considered the inability to consciously generate visual imagery. Although there are early descriptions of this disorder going back to Aristotle, it was not formally ...

Here's what scientists are learning about the condition known as aphantasia—and why it's less rare than you think. SCIENCE If not, you might have this condition.

Aphantasia can also develop after a stroke, head trauma, a brain injury or infection, or along with conditions including “depersonalization, depression, occasionally psychosis,” Zeman said.