mental images
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People who are unable to create mental images, or only very weak ones, are referred to as aphantasics.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024
"Our brain has this remarkable ability to make associations between specific thoughts or mental images and physical sensations," she says.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023
One side argues that mental images are like actual pictures that our brain uses directly to reason about things.
From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2023
Williams says he learned early in the directorial process that he lives with aphantasia, an inability to visualize mental images in one’s mind.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022
He never thought of this in precise mental images; he felt it; he would feel it for a while and then forget.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
