Revisiting the blind mind: still no evidence for sensory visual imagery in individuals with aphantasia

Rebecca Keogh; Joel Pearson

doi:10.1016/j.neures.2024.01.008

Revisiting the blind mind: still no evidence for sensory visual imagery in individuals with aphantasia

Rebecca Keogh^*, Joel Pearson

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Abstract

The inability to visualise was given the name aphantasia in 2015 by Zeman and colleagues. In 2018 we published research showing that fifteen individuals who self-identified as having aphantasia also demonstrated a lack of sensory visual imagery when undergoing the binocular rivalry imagery paradigm, suggesting more than just a metacognitive difference. Here we update these findings with over fifty participants with aphantasia and show that there is evidence for a lack of sensory imagery in aphantasia. How the binocular rivalry paradigm scores relate to the vividness of visual imagery questionnaire (VVIQ) and how aphantasia can be confirmed is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-30
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neuroscience Research
Volume	201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2024.01.008
Publication status	Published - Apr 2024

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aphantasia
binocular Rivalry
visual Imagery

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Revisiting the blind mind: still no evidence for sensory visual imagery in individuals with aphantasia

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