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

There are more than a few descriptions in the book that may leave readers with searing mental images.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 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