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Papers about aphantasia and mental imagery, with summaries in plain words. The summaries are generated by AI and may contain errors.
Duckett and Simons · Neuropsychologia
In 60 adults, neither questionnaire imagery scores nor average vividness predicted memory for scenes, but memories rated more vivid than a person's own average were more often correct. Re-analyzed aphantasia data showed the same trial-level link.
Siena and Simons · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
People with aphantasia rated their memories as less vivid but recalled object colors and locations as accurately as others. The authors suggest some may lack awareness of their imagery rather than the imagery itself.
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