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
“People are often unaware of how little detail their mental images contain until you ask them about it,” says cognitive scientist John McCoy of the University of Pennsylvania, co-senior author of the study.
From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2023
I have aphantasia, which is the inability to form mental images.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 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
These learners tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
