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
“People are often unaware of how little detail their mental images contain until you ask them about it,” says cognitive scientist John McCoy of the University of Pennsylvania, co-senior author of the study.
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
Saffron similarly struggles to create mental images in her mind, a condition called aphantasia.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2023
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
