AFANTAZJA - życie bez wyobraźni

Complete the aphantasia survey - https://socialsciencescracow.qualtric... Support me on Patronite: https://patronite.pl/doktor Imagine an apple. Most people will see a clear image in their head. However, approximately 1-4% of the population, when asked to imagine an apple, see almost nothing. This inability to create mental images was discovered only 20 years ago and is called aphantasia. Sources:    • We Don't All Have a "Mind's Eye" | Aphantasia      • Why Some People Can’t Visualize Anything: ...   Key review paper: [0] Jin, F., Hsu, S., & Li, Y. (2024). A Systematic Review of Aphantasia: Concept, Measurement, Neural Basis, and Theory Development. Vision, 8. [1] F. Tong et al, Neural bases of binocular rivalry, Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2006 [2] Keogh, R J, Revisiting the blind mind, Neurosci. Res. 2024, 201, 27–30 [3] Wicken, M, The critical role of mental imagery in human emotion: Insights from fear-based imagery and aphantasia. *Percentage R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci.***2021**,*288*, 20210267. [4] Kay, L, The pupillary light response as a physiological index of aphantasia, sensory and phenomenological strength imagery. eLife **2022**, *11*, e72484. [5] Monzel, M, Memory deficits in aphantasics are not restricted to autobiographical memory, *J. Neuropsychol.***2022**,*16*, 444–461. [6] Keogh, R, Fewer intrusive memories in aphantasia: Using the trauma film paradigm as a laboratory model of PTSD. PsyArxiv *2023* [7] Balas, B. Mid-level Characteristics of Drawings Made by Observers with Aphantasia. J Percept. Imaging **2024**,  [8] Bainbridge, W.A., Quantifying aphantasia through drawing, Cortex **2021**, *135*, 159–172. [9] Kay, L, Slower but more accurate mental rotation performance in aphantasia linked to differences in cognitive strategies. *Conscious. Cogn.***2024**,*121*, 103694. [10] Dance, C.J., What is the relationship between aphantasia, synaesthesia and autism? Conscious. Cogn. **2021**, *89*, 103087.