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| The terms "aphantasia[(aphantasia>aphantasia[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aphantasia|Wikipedia]])]" and "hyperphantasia[(hyperphantasia>hyperphantasia[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hyperphantasia|Wikipedia]])]" describe the absence and abundance of visual imagery. At their far ends, these conditions affect about 1% for aphantasia and 3% for hyperphantasia, often displaying familial inheritance. These variations in conscious experience manifest across various contexts and likely encompass subcategories awaiting detailed definition. | The terms "aphantasia[(aphantasia>aphantasia[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aphantasia|Wikipedia]])][(AphantasiaNetwork>Aphantasia Network[[https://aphantasia.com/|Aphantasia Network]])]" and "hyperphantasia[(hyperphantasia>hyperphantasia[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hyperphantasia|Wikipedia]])]" describe the absence and abundance of visual imagery. At their far ends, these conditions affect about 1% for aphantasia and 3% for hyperphantasia, often displaying familial inheritance. These variations in conscious experience manifest across various contexts and likely encompass subcategories awaiting detailed definition. |
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| While individuals with extreme imagery often experience effects on other forms of imagery like dreams and spatial visualization, aphantasia typically leaves autobiographical memory and facial recognition intact, albeit diminished. Aphantasia may have links with autism but could potentially confer protection against certain mental health conditions. Recent research has primarily focused on aphantasia, shedding light on its position along the vividness spectrum[( :harvard:Adam2024>> | While individuals with extreme imagery often experience effects on other forms of imagery like dreams and spatial visualization, aphantasia typically leaves autobiographical memory and facial recognition intact, albeit diminished. Aphantasia may have links with autism but could potentially confer protection against certain mental health conditions. Recent research has primarily focused on aphantasia, shedding light on its position along the vividness spectrum[( :harvard:Adam2024>> |
| Two significant conclusions have emerged from the scientific study of aphantasia. Firstly, conscious sensory imagery is not a prerequisite for human cognition, challenging Aristotle's notion that "the soul never thinks without a phantasma." Secondly, creative accomplishments among individuals with aphantasia suggest that sensory imagery is not indispensable for creative imagination, underscoring the ability to represent, reshape, and conceive ideas even in its absence. | Two significant conclusions have emerged from the scientific study of aphantasia. Firstly, conscious sensory imagery is not a prerequisite for human cognition, challenging Aristotle's notion that "the soul never thinks without a phantasma." Secondly, creative accomplishments among individuals with aphantasia suggest that sensory imagery is not indispensable for creative imagination, underscoring the ability to represent, reshape, and conceive ideas even in its absence. |
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| The marked differences in subjective experience caused by imagery extremes can be expected to have major behavioural effects, e.g. Aphantasia is over-represented among people working in mathematical, computational, and scientific roles, whereas people with hyperphantasia are more likely to work in traditionally 'creative' industries. | The marked differences in subjective experience caused by imagery extremes can be expected to have major behavioural effects, e.g. Aphantasia is over-represented among people working in mathematical, computational, and scientific roles, whereas people with hyperphantasia are more likely to work in traditionally 'creative' industries and around 40% of people with aphantasia describe difficulty with face recognition, twice as much as normal [( :harvard:Adam2020>> |
| | authors : Adam Zeman |
| | title : Phantasia–The psychological significance of lifelong visual imagery vividness extremes |
| | publisher : Cortex |
| | published : September 2020, Pages 426-440 |
| | url : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.003 |
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| For a more in depth explanation and reference please refer to the cited Publication [( :harvard:Adam2024>> | For a more in depth explanation and reference please refer to the cited Publication [( :harvard:Adam2024>> |
| url : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.02.007 | url : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.02.007 |
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| Regarding that sensory imagery is not indispensable for creative imagination, underscoring the ability to represent, reshape, and conceive ideas even in its absence" it seems that for IEMT the takeaway points are | Regarding that sensory imagery is not indispensable for creative imagination, underscoring the ability to represent, reshape, and conceive ideas even in its absence it seems that for IEMT the takeaway points at the moment are |
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| * Visualizing is not a neccessary requisite for doing IEMT. | * Visualizing is not a neccessary requisite for doing IEMT. |