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
These are exactly the kind of highly specific, relatively insignificant mental images from childhood that might cling to an anxious, guilt-ridden adult.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023
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
