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
But if mental images are indeed pictures, why do they lack such simple details?
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
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
