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Visual Silence: Exploring Aphantasia. Comment: it took decades post TBI for me to understand the loss! You are operating in the “now” but you cannot imagine or visualise as you once did. The change becomes the issuse and it is mingled in with deafness in one ear, olfactory sense of smell gone, brocas you can understand the situation but you can’t find the words to express … etc. You realise the 1990’s consultant neurologists knew so very little. There was one neuropsychologist and she assessed losses but again it is decades of change, with real change happening now.

Posted on December 22, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Aphantasics are unlikely to have involuntary visualisations. Credit: Neuroscience News Visual Silence: Exploring Aphantasia FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience December 15, 2024 Summary: A new study reveals that aphantasics, people unable to visualize, are more resistant to involuntary visual thoughts, such as imagining a … Continue reading →

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Minds that don’t conjure images: How a brain with aphantasia works. Source: El Pais. See youtube for a more detailed explanation, titled The Imagination by Professor Joel Pearson

Posted on April 13, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Science SILICON VALLEYYOUTUBEGOOGLELATEST NEWS NEUROSCIENCE Minds that don’t conjure images: How a brain with aphantasia works A scientific review unpacks what we know about the neurological characteristic that limits the creation of conscious visuals and affects 1% of the population … Continue reading →

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