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

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