aphantasia
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|A representation of how people with differing visualization abilities might picture an apple in their mind. The first image is bright and photographic, levels 2 through 4 show increasingly simpler and more faded images, and the last—representing complete aphantasia—shows no image at all.
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Within Vinony's link graph, aphantasia is referenced by 36 other articles, and connects out to dream, mental image and philosophy.
It sits within the topics Cognition, Imagination and Mental processes.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- perception
- Image
- Aphantasia apple test.png
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- Commons category
- Aphantasia
- opposite of
- hyperphantasia
- health specialty
- neuropsychology
- symptoms and signs
- non-existence
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- Notable people with aphantasia
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thumb|upright=1.2|A representation of how people with differing visualization abilities might picture an apple in their mind. The first image is bright and photographic, levels 2 through 4 show increasingly simpler and more faded images, and the last—representing complete aphantasia—shows no image at all.
Aphantasia ( , ) is the inability to voluntarily visualize mental images.
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