Hallucinations & Perception

Imagery and hallucination look related but aren't the same thing. This covers pseudo-hallucinations, the Ganzflicker effect, and where perception and imagination overlap.

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Something to try

Can't Visualize An Apple? Try This Apple Illusion to Experience What Others See

This apple illusion allows people who can't visualize to temporarily 'see' an image that isn't there—using visual perception to demonstrate what others experience through their imagination.

Aphantasia Network · October 2023

A member’s story

Hypnopompia: Between Sleep and Awake Where Someone with Aphantasia May “See” Imagery

On rare occasions in the morning, between sleep and awake, when the images from my dreams float behind my eyes, that’s when I revel in what it must be like to “see” imagery.

Liana Scott · December 2022

What the research says

Pseudo-Hallucinations and Aphantasia

Ganzflicker is known to elicit the experience of pseudo-hallucinations... But how is it that some people see complex hallucinations such as "old stone castles"?

Reshanne Reeder · June 2021

Articles

Can't Visualize An Apple? Try This Apple Illusion to Experience What Others See

Hypnopompia: Between Sleep and Awake Where Someone with Aphantasia May “See” Imagery

Pseudo-Hallucinations and Aphantasia

Articles

Can't Visualize An Apple? Try This Apple Illusion to Experience What Others See

Hypnopompia: Between Sleep and Awake Where Someone with Aphantasia May “See” Imagery

Pseudo-Hallucinations and Aphantasia